Table 4.

Mixed Model for Longitudinal Trends in Serum Cortisol Levels among European American Children

	Model 1***			Model 2***
	B	SE	β	B	SE	β
Age (Tanner 1)	−.046*	.022	−2.09	−.051*	.022	−1.56
Age (Tanner 2)	−.049**	.019	−2.57	−.053**	.019	−2.00
Age (Tanner 3)	−.037*	.018	−2.05	−.041*	.018	−1.76
Age (Tanner 4)	−.022	.017	−1.29	−.026	.017	−1.33
Total fat Mass	−.009	.047	−0.19	−.001	.047	−1.03
Gender (Female)	−.005	.073	−0.06	.015	.073	−.085
Neighborhood Index				.042†	.031	1.64
Log Likelihood	170.9			174.2
χ2	67.23			64.71
p-value	.001			.001

Age (Tanner) refers to Tanner stage nested in age

B = unstandardized coefficient

SE = standard error

β= standardized coefficient

Neighborhood Index consisted of z-score tabulations of percent unemployment, poverty, single female headed households with dependent children, and percent vacant housing

Significance levels were set at

^†p<.10,

^*p<.05;

^**p<.01;

^***p<.001