. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jan 1.

Published in final edited form as: Infant Behav Dev. 2007 Jul 23;31(1):51–61. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2007.06.003

Table 3.

Maternal Depression as a Predictor of Toddlers' Baseline Cortisol Levels

Step	Variable	B	SE (B)	beta	R² change
Step 1					.10
	Cortisol levels at intake	-.04	.06	-.09
	Maternal depression at intake	.00	.00	.11
	Ethnicity	.03	.05	.08
	Participation in intervention	.02	.03	.07
	Maternal age	.04	.00	.19
	Weight for gestational age	.00	.00	-.18
Step 2					.04
	Referral Category	-.08	.05	-.32
	Maternal Depressive Symptoms	.00	.00	-.09
Step 3					.06^*
	Referral Category × Maternal Depression	.01	.00	.28^*

p <.05

Note. On referral category, 1 = preterm status and 0 = full-term status (with medical complications).