TABLE 2.

Multilevel models predicting child cortisol patterns at the ages of 4 and 5 years from maternal PTSD symptoms

Age 4 years (n = 56)				Age 5 years (n = 51)
Variable	b	SE	95% CI	Variable	b	SE	95% CI
Dependent variable: cortisol slope
PTSD symptoms	0.014**	0.005	[0.004,0.023]	PTSD symptoms	0.007*	0.004	[0.000,0.014]
Steroid medication use	0.163	0.182	[−0.193,0.519]	Steroid medication use	−0.021	0.119	[−0.254,0.212]
Constant	−0.427	0.048	[−0.522,−0.332]	Constant	−0.388	0.040	[−0.466,−0.309]
Dependent variable: cortisol awakening response
PTSD symptoms	−0.001	0.002	[−0.006,0.004]	PTSD symptoms	−0.002	0.001	[−0.005,0.000]
Steroid medication use	0.031	0.084	[−0.134,0.195]	Steroid medication use	−0.034	0.050	[−0.132,0.063]
Constant	0.035	0.024	[−0.013,0.082]	Constant	0.031	0.016	[−0.001,0.063]

Abbreviation: PTSD, posttraumatic stress disorder. Separate multilevel models were run for each maternal stress/mental health predictor variable at each time point.

^*p < .05

^**p < .01.