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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2009 Apr 11;34(8):1222–1234. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2009.03.012

Table 4.

Behavior scores (median, range) of cortisol-treated and vehicle-treated (control) female marmosets in a test cage with one of their own infants before (pre) and after (post) the first of three exposures to a noise stressor on days 1 and 8 of treatment.

Behavior Test Day Cortisol Gp Pre Control Gp Prea P-Value Prea Cortisol Gp Post Control Gp Post P-Value Posta
Inspect infantb Day 1 0.472
(0.000−3.220)		 0.000
(0.000−1.278)		 0.475 0.675
(0.000−5.864)		 0.000
(0.000−0.315)		 0.050
Day 8 0.195
(0.000−4.918)		 0.364
(0.000−1.441)		 0.690 0.104
(0.000−3.294)		 0.000
(0.000−1.138)		 0.549
Chirpb Day 1 4.074e
(0.000−14.428)		 1.700
(0.000−12.061)		 0.370 1.084
(0.000−9.255)		 2.063
0.000−5.523)		 0.872
Day 8 0.000
(0.000−17.827)		 0.000
(0.00−12.741)		 0.724 0.104
(0.000−8.511)		 0.104
(0.000−3.575)		 0.641
Long-callb Day 1 1.887
(0.000−6.612)		 2.364e
(0.000−6.856)		 0.872 1.499
0.623−3.188)		 4.951
0.000−7.497)		 0.337
Day 8 0.000
(0.000−4.494)		 0.360
(0.000−3.399)		 0.946 0.206
(0.000−3.387)		 0.000
(0.000−3.092)		 0.322
Carry infantc Day 1 0.969
(0.929−0.996)		 0.992
(0.958−0.997)		 0.173 1.000
(1.000−1.000)		 1.000
(1.000−1.000)		 1.000
Day 8 0.993
(0.979−0.997)		 0.992
(0.963−0.995)		 0.700 1.000
(1.000−1.000)		 1.000
(1.000−1.000)		 1.000
Bristle strutc Day 1 0.941
(0.764−0.988)		 0.965
(0.907−0.986)		 0.522 1.000
(0.684−1.000)		 1.000
(0.000−1.000)		 0.902
Day 8 0.963
(0.000−0.987)		 0.934
(0.000−0.985)		 0.480 1.000
(0.809−1.000)		 0.664
(0.000−1.000)		 0.119
Locomotiond Day 1 0.100
(0.000−0.600)		 0.200
(0.000−0.600)		 0.613 0.111
(0.100−0.222)		 0.211
(0.000−0.333)		 0.255
Day 8 0.000
(0.00−0.400)		 0.000
(0.00−0.400)		 1.000 0.111
(0.00−0.333)		 0.111
(0.00−0.222)		 0.843
Suckling by infantd Day 1 0.000
(0.000−1.000)		 0.000
(0.000−0.800)		 0.528 0.000
(0.000−0.259)		 0.000
(0.000−0.333)		 0.674
Day 8 0.000
(0.000−0.200)		 0.000
(0.000−1.000)		 0.424 0.000
(0.000−0.000)		 0.000
(0.000−0.900)		 0.142
a

Results of Mann-Whitney U test comparing cortisol and control groups pre or post

b

Number of occurrences per minute

c

Proportion of time

d

Proportion of instantaneous scans

e

Significantly different from corresponding "post" value (p<0.05, Wilcoxon test)