Stress responses in older men

Jayasinghe and colleagues tested the hypothesis that overweight/obese men aged 50–70 years will have a greater salivary cortisol, salivary alpha amylase and heart rate (HR) response to psychological stress compared with age-matched lean men. They found that, for men who are moderately overweight but otherwise healthy, the response of salivary cortisol, salivary alpha amylase and HR to acute psychological stress was not impaired.

Read the full article at Jayasinghe et al. (2014) Endocrine Connections 3 110–119; DOI:10.1530/EC-14-0042