APS
2022 APS Annual Convention · 2022
Oral Contraceptive Pills Blunt Salivary Cortisol Reactivity Relative to Naturally Cycling Females in Response to the Trier Social Stress Test
- Julia Gervasio
Toronto Metropolitan University - Sally Zheng
Toronto Metropolitan University - Cassandra Skrotzki
Toronto Metropolitan University - Alexander Pachete
Toronto Metropolitan University
Abstract
This poster will present findings from a meta-analysis which examined changes in salivary cortisol among oral contraceptive pill (OCP) using and naturally cycling (NC) females following a laboratory stressor. An analysis of 14 studies with 36 independent samples found that OCPs blunt cortisol relative to NC females.
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