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

Table 3.

Areas of significant difference across mothers with evening declines versus rises in cortisol.

	Evening Decline	Evening Rise
	M (SD)	M (SD)	t or χ², d or ES
Age	42.57 (5.91)	46.18 (7.67)	−1.96^*, d = .54
Depression (BDI)	9.81 (6.99)	14.08 (9.50)	−1.96^*, d = .59
BDI Clinical Cutoff	7%	29%	5.76^**, ES = .59
Anxiety (BAI)	5.38 (5.24)	9.17 (7.30)	−2.22^*, ES = .72
Mindfulness	60.34 (10.05)	52.25 (10.69)	2.92^**, ES = .80
Constipation	3%	26%	5.46^**, ES = .57
High Blood Pressure	8%	24%	3.10⁺, ES = .42
# Children	2.17 (1.15)	2.73 (.92)	2.13^*, ES = .56

Note:

^*

p < .05;

^**

p < .01.