Table 1.

Group Characteristics

	Depressed (N=8)	Nondepressed (N=8)	t(14)	p
% Time Behaviorally Depressed	4.25 ± 0.48	0.64 ± 0.16	7.10	0.000005
Age (yrs)	18.4 ±1.38	20.5 ± 1.10	1.21	0.25
Body Weight (kg)	3.19 ± 0.14	3.51 ± 0.21	1.71	0.11
Progesterone (ng/ml)	19.07 ± 4.69	18.74 ± 4.05	0.05	0.96
Estradiol (pg/ml)	0.32 ± 0.12	0.45 ± 0.16	0.67	0.52
Baseline Cortisol (μg/ml)	42.05 ± 5.13	42.39 ± 3.82	0.02	0.99
Cortisol Response to Dexamethasone	10.99 ± 1.41	11.30 ± 2.10	0.12	0.90
% Suppression of Cortisol	73.65 ± 2.16	73.16 ± 3.93	0.11	0.92
Relative Social Status*	0.33 ± 0.09	0.57 ± 0.15	1.40	0.18

Values represent means ± SEM.

^*Range 0–1, 0=subordinate, 1=dominant.