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Methods
Below are some of the methods used in current studies
Field Methods
(high-throughput, large-scale, interdisciplinary studies)
- Sleep (wrist actigraphy, diary, ambulatory PSG)
- Physical activity (hip actigraphy)
- Biomarkers of cardiometabolic risk, inflammation, chronic stress
- Dried Blood Spots (http://www.jove.com/video/50973/dried-blood-spot-collection)
- Hair cortisol
Laboratory Methods
(e.g., General Clinical Research Centers, CTSI)
- Metabolism (iv glucose tolerance test, standardized meal response)
- Metabolic rate (indirect calorimetry)
- Sleep (polysomnography, actigraphy, diary)
- Endocrine profiles (neuroendocrine function, circadian rhythms)