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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 13.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Behav Med. 2009 Mar 25;17(1):43–50. doi: 10.1007/s12529-009-9044-6

Table 1.

Population Characteristics and Descriptive Statistics for Covariates

Demographics N %
Child’s age
(Mean, SD and Range) 10.3 ± 1.8 (7–13)
Child’s Gender
  Male 15 34.9
  Female 28 65.1
Race/Ethnicity
  White 23 53.5
  Hispanic/Black/Other* 20 46.5
Mother’s Education Level
  Some College 7 16.3
  High School Graduate / Technical School 18 41.9
  Less than High School/ No Graduation 18 41.9

Mean SD
Cortisol Measures 1 (time after awakening)
Time 1 (5min to 1.5hr) 5.23 4.13
Time 2 (3–6.5hr) 2.06 2.76
Time 3 (7.5–11.5hr) 1.88 2.94
Time 4 (11.5hr + ) 1.04 1.78
Diurnal Slope −0.13 0.03
AUC 87.6 16.4
Checklist of Child Distress Symptoms (CCDS)
CCDS overall score 1.73 0.70
Hopelessness 1.42 0.68
Numbness 1.3 0.50
Arousal 2.1 0.87
Intrusion 1.45 0.80
*

17 Children identified as Hispanic, 1 Black and 2 as other race/ethnicity

1

Units for cortisol in nmol/l; for conversion to mg/dl divide by 27.6