وزن زمان تولد نوزاد با پاسخ کورتیزول بزاقی در استرس روانی- اجتماعی در بزرگسالی مرتبط است

This finding is consistent with the concept of fetal programming of the HPA axis and provides the first preliminary evidence for an association between birth weight and adrenocortical responses to psychosocial stress. As the investigated subjects were twins, possible implications of this sample characteristic for the present findings are discussed.