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Published in final edited form as: Psychosom Med. 2010 Sep 14;72(9):855–861. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181f4ab87

Table 3.

Multivariate Correlates of Cortisol Slope

Variable	Unadjusted		Adjusted^**
Variable	β est.	p-value	β est.	p-value
Intercept	2.644	<.001	2.610	<.001
CES-D^a	-0.010	0.13	-0.013	0.055
Time	-0.138	<.001	-0.139	<.001
Time* (CES-D)	0.001	0.02	0.001	0.02
Wake time from 7 AM	-	-	0.018	0.42
Smoker	-	-	0.135	0.11
African American	-	-	0.109	0.10
Contaminated	-	-	-0.035	0.59

Estimates are beta coefficients from mixed models

CES-D measured continuously

^**

Adjusted for age, smoking status, race, education, income, menopausal status, HRT, BMI, wake time, medications as well as physical activity, smoking, eating, or caffeine or alcohol consumption prior to saliva collection as indicated by “saliva diary”