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Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychopathol. 2009 Winter;21(1):69–85. doi: 10.1017/S0954579409000054

Table 4. Correlations of puberty with physiological measures for all ages combined and 13-year-olds separately.

Physiological Measure	Ages Combined	13-Year-Olds
Cortisol home levels (AUCh)	.36^*	.51^*
Cortisol adaptation levels (AUCa)	38^**	.07
Cortisol reactivity (AUCs)	.26^†	.38^†

Note: The total numbers ranged from 38 to 52 for Ages Combined and 20 to 21 for 13-year-olds. AUCh. AUCa. and AUCs, areas under the curve home, adaplaion, and stress, respectively.

^†

p< .10.

p<.05.

^**

p< .01.