. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 1.

Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychobiol. 2009 Sep;51(6):505–512. doi: 10.1002/dev.20389

Table 2.

Associations between fetal motor activity and maternal cortisol.

	32 Weeks				36 Weeks

	All (n = 50)	Male (n =24)	Female (n = 26)	Z	All (n =79)	Male (n =37)	Female (n =42)	Z
Fetal Motor Activity Measure
Overall motor amplitude	.39^**	.67^***	.10	2.35^*	.27^*	.16	.38^**	1.02
Number of movements	.06	−.04	.27	1.05	.05	.18	−.12	1.20
Time spent moving	.33^*	.73^***	−.13	3.51^***	.13	.10	.20	0.39

p < .05

^**

p < .01

^***

p < .001