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Volume 41, Issue 1 , Pages 3-13 , July 2007

Racial/Ethnic Differences in Cortisol Diurnal Rhythms in a Community Sample of Adolescents

Amy S. DeSantis, M.S.W.
- Program on Human Development and Social Policy, School of Education and Social Policy and the Cells to Society Center, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
- Address correspondence to: Amy S. DeSantis, 2120 Campus Drive, Northwestern University, Human Development and Social Policy, Evanston, IL 60208.
Emma K. Adam, Ph.D.
- Program on Human Development and Social Policy, School of Education and Social Policy and the Cells to Society Center, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Leah D. Doane, M.A.
- Program on Human Development and Social Policy, School of Education and Social Policy and the Cells to Society Center, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Susan Mineka, Ph.D.
- Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Richard E. Zinbarg, Ph.D.
- Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Michelle G. Craske, Ph.D.
- Department of Psychology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

Received 18 December 2006 ,Accepted 23 March 2007.

(a) Racial/ethnic differences in cortisol slopes across the waking day (raw values). (b) Racial/ethnic differences in cortisol slopes (adjusted values including covariates).

(a) Racial/ethnic differences in cortisol slopes across the waking day (raw values). (b) Racial/ethnic differences in cortisol slopes (adjusted values including covariates).
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Standardized values of logged wakeup and bedtime cortisol levels by race/ethnicity (unadjusted).

Standardized values of logged wakeup and bedtime cortisol levels by race/ethnicity (unadjusted).
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