Table 2.

Associations between cortisol levels at ages 10 and 12 years and depression symptoms

	Cortisol (µg/dL)		Cortisol (µg/dL)
	Age 10 years		Age 12 years
Depression symptoms	AUCg	AUCi	AUCg	AUCi
Age 9	−.017	.018	.037	−.044
Age 10	−.069	.015	−.139*	.113
Age 11	−.014	−.054	−.172*	.051
Age 12	.003	.010	−.198**	.108

Note: cortisol values and depression symptoms are log₁₀ transformed; Significance of Pearson correlation coefficients

^*p < .05,

^**p < .01