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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Infant Behav Dev. 2010 Feb 26;33(2):219–234. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2009.10.007

Table 3.

Associations among study variables in preterm infants.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
1. Gestational Age
2. Birthweight .79**
3. Baseline Heart Rate −.05 −.10
4. Δ HR 1
 (Demonstration – Baseline)
.10 .05 −.60**
5. Δ HR 2
 (Immediate – Baseline)
−.01 −.04 −.53** .66**
6. Δ HR 3
 (Delay – Baseline)
−.03 .03 −.40* .19 .29*
7. Baseline Vagal Tone −.01 .15 −.29** .11 .02 .24*
8. Δ VNA 1
 (Demonstration – Baseline)
−.19 −.23* .25* −.19 −.17 −.09 −.36**
9. Δ VNA 2
 (Immediate – Baseline)
−.12 −.17 .43** −.42** −.48** −.17 −32** .45**
10. Δ VNA 3
 (Delay – Baseline)
−.15 −.11 −.15 .04 .05 −.23* −.47** .33** .51**
11. Baseline Cortisol −.02 .01 .24* −23* −.20 −.25* −.09 .02 .09 .03
12. Δ Cortisol
 (time 2 – time 1)
.05 .07 −.14 .13 .14 .11 .01 .06 −.04 .11 −.44**
13. Memory—Immediate .13 .14 .03 .09 .07 .07 −.07 −.19 −.12 −.18 −.08 .02
14. Memory—Delay .20* .14 −.03 .21 .06 .22 −.05 −.03 −.10 −.25* −.05 .04 .42**

p<.10

*

p<.05

**

p<.01