Table 1.

Means and standard deviations for measures of depressive symptoms, perceived stress and stress hormones across assessments. CES-D=Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression scale. PSS=10-item Perceived Stress Scale. Clinically significant distress cutoff for CESD was a score of 10.

	Baseline Mean (SD)	4 months Mean (SD)	8 months Mean (SD)	12 months Mean (SD)
CES-D	6.08 (3.69)	4.90 (4.02)	4.32 (3.77)	4.12 (3.79)
Percent above clinical cutoff	19.8%	13.7%	11.4%	10.9%
PSS	18.44 (6.99)	15.69 (7.29)	15.08 (6.80)	14.92 (6.91)
Cortisol ug/dl	11.02 (4.77)	11.99 (5.44)	13.18 (5.02)	12.84 (5.18)
Median	10.10	10.80	13.07	12.25
ACTH pg/ml	21.56 (11.72)	18.71 (10.75)	17.45 (9.27)	18.62 (11.13)
Median	19.75	14.95	14.30	15.95
Epinephrine pg/ml	29.31 (19.17)	26.91 (15.70)	26.32 (14.93)	26.30 (15.37)
Median	23.00	24.06	22.17	23.58
Norepinephrine pg/ml	330.79 (153.38)	339.72 (169.44)	372.44 (178.25)	359.40 (177.33)
Median	294.94	308.76	349.54	308.11