Bibian van der Voorn

1. Glucocorticoid Programming in Very Preterm Birth. Hormone Research in Paediatrics, 2016 11
2. Aim, Design and Outline of this thesis. 29
PART I SHORT-TERM CORRELATES 35
3. Glucocorticoids in neonatal hair: reflection of intrauterine HPA axis activity? Endocrine Connections, 2017 37
4. Maternal stress during pregnancy is associated with decreased cortisol and cortisone levels in infant hair. Under revision, Psychoneuroendocrinology 53
5. Determination of cortisol and cortisone in human mother’s milk. Clinica Chimica Acta, 2015 69
6. Breast-Milk Cortisol and Cortisone Concentrations Follow the Diurnal Rhythm of Maternal HPA Axis Activity. Journal of Nutrition, 2016 77
7. Stability of cortisol and cortisone in human breast milk during Holder pasteurization. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 2017 95
PART II LONG-TERM CORRELATES 105
8. Antenatal glucocorticoid treatment and polymorphisms of the glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptors are associated with IQ and behavior in young adults born very preterm. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 2015 107
9. Birth weight and postnatal growth in preterm born children are associated with cortisol in early infancy, but not at age 8 years. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2017 123
10. Gender-specific differences in HPA axis activity during childhood: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Biology of Sex Differences, 2017 141
11. Gender-specific HPA axis reactivity in childhood? A systematic review. Biology of Sex Differences, 2017 169
12. General discussion 193
Summary 203
13. Nederlandse Samenvatting 207
Abbreviations 215
Acknowledgements 217
Curriculum Vitae 221

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