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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 28.
Published in final edited form as: Physiol Behav. 2011 Nov 28;106(1):40–45. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.11.016

Table 2.

Zero-order correlations between cortisol parameters and telomere length.

Daily salivary cortisol (AUC) Cortisol awakening response Cortisol slope Cortisol stress reactivity (AUC) PBMC telomere length
Nocturnal 12-hr urinary cortisol −.04 −.14 −.07 .24 −.64*
Daily salivary cortisol (AUC) .58* .29* −.04 .20
Cortisol awakening response .30 .18 .05
Cortisol slope .01 −.40*
Cortisol stress reactivity (AUC) −.46*
*

p < .05.