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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 3.

Regression analyses for cortisol parameters and telomere length.

Model Unstandardized coefficients
t Sig.
B Std. error
1 Constant 8162.184 1201.623 6.793 .000
Age −14.585 12.985 −1.123 .276
BMI −25.892 24.353 −1.063 .302
Caregiver status −317.340 232.722 −1.364 .190
Cortisol stress Reactivity AUC (nmol/mL) −1.143 .419 −2.729 .014
2 Constant 5650.124 1386.152 4.076 .001
Age −13.252 14.536 −.912 .372
BMI −11.971 30.048 −.398 .694
Caregiver status −35.015 250.531 −.140 .890
Daily salivary Cortisol AUC (nmol/mL) .245 .236 1.037 .312
3 Constant 6347.198 1240.559 5.116 .000
Age −13.109 14.388 −.911 .372
BMI −9.066 28.745 −.315 .755
Caregiver status 4.420 246.201 .018 .986
Cortisol awakening Response (nmol/mL) −9.442 261.334 −.036 .971
4 Constant 5455.221 1189.353 4.587 .000
Age −11.878 13.136 −.904 .376
BMI −4.290 26.307 −.163 .872
Caregiver status 185.012 235.893 .784 .441
Cortisol slope −334.055 146.604 −2.279 .033
5 Constant 7728.077 1487.152 5.197 .003
Age −15.021 11.460 −1.311 .247
BMI −52.940 31.185 −1.698 .150
Caregiver status −174.848 351.079 −.498 .640
Nocturnal 12-hr Urinary cortisol (nmol/mL) −357.850 114.865 −3.115 .026