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Inherited anxiety-related parent–infant dyads alter LHPA activity

E. UllmannDepartment of Medicine, Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany; ;Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany; Correspondence[email protected]

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J. LicinioCollege of Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, New York, NY, USA;

S. W. PerryCollege of Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, New York, NY, USA;

L. O. WhiteDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany;

A. M. KleinDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany; ;International Psychoanalytic University Berlin, Berlin, Germany;

A. BarthelDepartment of Medicine, Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany; ;Medicover, Bochum, Germany;

K. PetrowskiDepartment of Psychology, University of Witten/Herdecke, Witten/Herdecke, Germany;

T. StalderDepartment of Psychology, Biopsychology, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany; ;Department of Developmental Psychology, University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany;

B. OratovskiDepartment of Medicine, Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany;

K. von KlitzingDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany;

S. R. BornsteinDepartment of Medicine, Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany; ;Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, Endocrinology and Diabetes, Kings College London, London, UK

C. KirschbaumDepartment of Psychology, Biopsychology, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany;

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Figure 1. Cross-cultural steroid-profiling in hair; Legend: MANOVA for hairsteroids, 43 testosterone- and 29 progesterone-levels below the detection limit (<0.01 pg/mg). Cortisol 6.3 ± 0.7 SE pg/mg (J), 4.3 ± 0.5 SE pg/mg (RG), 4.0 ± 0.4 SE pg/mg (G), [F(2,123 = 5.7, p=.004; J > RG (p=.03), J > G (p=.01)]; cortisone 16.7 ± 1.8 SE pg/mg (J), 14.0 ± 1.1 SE pg/mg (RG), 13.7 ± 1.2 SE pg/mg (G), [F(2,123) = 1.4, p = 0.25]; testosterone 0.8 ± 0.1 SE pg/mg (J), 0.7 ± 0.1 SE pg/mg (RG), 0.6 ± 0.1 SE pg/mg (G), [F(2,123) = 0.80, p = 0.45]; progesterone 1.4 ± 0.3 SE pg/mg (J), 0.7 ± 0.1 SE pg/mg (RG), 2.0 ± 1.0 SE pg/mg (G) [F(2,123) = 1.2, p = 0.29]; DHEA 2.2 ± 0.6 SE pg/mg (J), 1.3 ± 0.3 SE pg/mg (RG), 0.6 ± 0.1 SE pg/mg (G), [F(2,123) = 4.5, p=.01; J > G (p=.013)]. ANOVA for “biomarker” after z-transformation (mean: cortisol/cortisone/testosterone/progesterone/DHEA):0.34 ± 0.18 SE pg/mg (J), −0.14 ± 0.13 SE pg/mg (RG), −0.22 ± 0.14 SE pg/mg (G) [F(2,122) = 4.26, p=.02].

Figure 2. (a) Associations between parental overprotecting and LHPA axis activity/line of regression for aggregated variables “Biomarker” associated to “Parental Overprotecting” in Jewish subjects. (b) Associations between parental overprotecting and LHPA axis activity/line of regression for aggregated variables “Biomarker” associated to “Parental Overprotecting” in Russian German subjects. (c) Associations between parental overprotecting and LHPA axis activity/line of regression for aggregated variables “Biomarker” associated to “Parental Overprotecting” in native German subjects.

Table 1. sociodemografic as well as stress- and hair-related variabilities of German natives, Jewish- and Russian-German-immigrants.

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Table 2. Hierarchical regression analysis predicting cortisol concentration from group (Jewish and non-Jewish), parental overprotecting and their interaction, controlling for age and gender.

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Table 3. Anti-semitism and overprotection by Jewish parents.

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Inherited anxiety-related parent–infant dyads alter LHPA activity

Table 1. sociodemografic as well as stress- and hair-related variabilities of German natives, Jewish- and Russian-German-immigrants.

Table 2. Hierarchical regression analysis predicting cortisol concentration from group (Jewish and non-Jewish), parental overprotecting and their interaction, controlling for age and gender.

Table 3. Anti-semitism and overprotection by Jewish parents.

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Table 1. sociodemografic as well as stress- and hair-related variabilities of German natives, Jewish- and Russian-German-immigrants.

Table 2. Hierarchical regression analysis predicting cortisol concentration from group (Jewish and non-Jewish), parental overprotecting and their interaction, controlling for age and gender.

Table 3. Anti-semitism and overprotection by Jewish parents.

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