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In men and women, the way cortisol levels drop after eating is different, and this difference helps explain why men and women also show different responses in blood vessel function and stress-related nervous system activity. When cortisol levels are accounted for in analysis, the gap between sexes in these responses becomes smaller.
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After eating breakfast, women’s stress hormone (cortisol) drops faster than men’s, and this difference helps explain why men and women react differently to anger—men tend to have higher stress responses and worse blood vessel function. The study shows cortisol plays a key role in these sex-based differences.
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