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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Autism Dev Disord. 2013 Oct;43(10):2426–2434. doi: 10.1007/s10803-013-1791-1

Table 2.

Areas of significant difference across mothers with adequate versus blunted cortisol awakening responses (CAR).

Adequate CAR Blunted CAR
M (SD) M (SD) t or χ2, d or ES
Body Mass Index 29.94 (5.03) 24.94 (5.73) −3.08**, d =.93
% Eating Disorder Dx 0 15% 4.03*, ES =.43
% Anxiety Disorder Dx 10% 33% 4.46*. ES =.45
Hypoglycemia 0 13% 4.72*, ES = .47
# Hours work/week 6.29*, ES = .54
 0 to 19 hours 35% 65%
 20 to 39 hours 64% 36%
 40+ hours 26% 74%

Note:

*

p < .05;

**

p < .01.