Table 3.

Correlation analyses of stress measures, frequency of current cannabis use and severity of symptoms with Area Under the Curve (AUC) of cortisol secretion during the day and the AUC with respect to increase (AUCi) of the cortisol awakening response in first-episode psychosis patients and healthy controls

	Patients		Controls
	AUC cortisol During day	AUCi cortisol Awakening	AUC cortisol During day	AUCi cortisol Awakening
Number of  stressful  life events	r=−0.36	r=0.15	r=0.42	r=0.14
	p=0.014	p=0.3	p=0.013	p=0.4
Perceived  stress  scale	r=−0.25	r=0.18	r=0.11	r=−0.12
	p=0.1	p=0.2	p=0.5	p=0.5
Childhood  trauma	r=−0.23	r=0.28	r=0.12	r=−0.26
	p=0.2	p=0.077	p=0.5	p=0.2
Tobacco  smoking	r=0.012	r=−0.022	r=−0.111	r=0.206
	p=0.9	p=0.9	p=0.5	p=0.2
Frequency  of current  cannabis  use	r=−0.27	r=0.32	r=−0.06	r=0.02
	p=0.074	p=0.029	p=0.7	p=0.9
Severity of  symptoms	r=−0.04	r=0.01	-	-
	p=0.8	p=1.0	-	-