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Vol. 31. Issue 3.
(July - September 2024)
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Vol. 31. Issue 3.
(July - September 2024)
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What are blood cortisol levels in anxious, depressive, mixed, and healthy controls in high altitude?
Cuáles son los niveles de cortisol sanguineo en trastornos de ansiedad, depresion, mixtos y controles saludables a gran altitud?
Hesed Virto-Farfana,c,
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017100741e@uandina.edu.pe
hesedvirto@gmail.com

Corresponding author at: Carlos Hesed Virto Farfan, Urb. Ingeniería Larapa Grande A-7, Peru.
, Carlos Virtoa,c, Gustavo E. Tafetb,c
a Neuroscience Research Circle (CIN), Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Andina del Cusco, Peru
b Texas A&M University, EEUU, College Station, TX, USA
c Fundación Internacional para el Desarrollo de las Neurociencias (FIDN), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Abstract
Objective

We aim to determine the difference in blood cortisol levels between major depression, mixed anxious depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and healthy controls during COVID-19 social isolation in Cusco (3400 m.a.s.l.).

Methods

Non-experimental, cross-sectional analytical design study, designed to determine the difference in blood cortisol levels between anxiety, depression, and mixed disorders in adults aged 25–65 living in Cusco, at the Mental Health Community Center of San Sebastian.

Results

Significant differences were found in the morning, afternoon, and ratio (Afternoon/Morning cortisol) in all the groups. All the pathological groups showed increased cortisol levels than the healthy controls. Major depression group showed a flattening of the normal regulation line of cortisol.

Conclusions

The blood cortisol test shows significant values for the discrimination of affective pathology, particularly between depressive and anxious disorders and normal controls.

Keywords:
COVID-19
Cortisol
Depressive disorder
Anxiety disorders
High altitude
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Objetivo

Se pretende determinar la diferencia en los niveles de cortisol sanguíneo entre Depresión Mayor, Trastorno Ansioso Depresivo Mixto, Trastorno de Ansiedad Generalizada y controles sanos durante el aislamiento social COVID-19 en Cusco (3400 m.s.n.m.).

Métodos

Estudio no experimental, transversal de diseño analítico, diseñado para determinar la diferencia en los niveles de cortisol sanguíneo entre ansiedad, depresión y trastornos mixtos en adultos de 25 a 65 años residentes en Cusco, en el Centro Comunitario de Salud Mental de San Sebastián.

Resultados

Se encontraron diferencias significativas en el cortisol matutino, vespertino y en el cociente (cortisol vespertino/matutino) en todos los grupos. Todos los grupos patológicos mostraron mayores niveles de cortisol que los controles sanos.

El grupo de depresión mayor mostró un aplanamiento de la línea de regulación normal del cortisol.

Conclusiones

La prueba de cortisol en sangre muestra valores significativos para la discriminación de la patología afectiva, particularmente entre los trastornos depresivos y ansiosos y los controles normales.

Palabras clave:
COVID-19
Cortisol
Depresión Mayor
Trastornos de Ansiedad
Gran altitud

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