Table 2.
Cortisol awakening response and diurnal cortisol levels presented by group.
| Descriptive statistics |
Statistical analyses |
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| FHx (n = 22) | ASz (n = 33) | TD (n = 40) | FHx vs. TD |
ASz vs. TD |
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| d | B | 95% CI | p | d | B | 95% CI | p | ||||
| AUC measures; mean ± SE | |||||||||||
| AUCi-CAR (nmol min/l) | −33.8 ± 52.5 | 81.2 ± 39.0 | 121.6 ± 32.2 | −0.73 | −155.3 | −272.2 to −38.4 | 0.01 | −0.19 | −40.4 | −140.3 to 59.5 | 0.42 |
| AUCg-DAY (nmol h/l) | 34.5 ± 3.0 | 36.6 ± 3.1 | 33.5 ± 1.8 | 0.08 | 0.9 | −5.7 to 7.6 | 0.78 | 0.21 | 3.1 | −3.9 to 10.0 | 0.38 |
Notes. FHx: family history of schizophrenia; ASz: antecedents of schizophrenia; TD: typically developing. Groups are not mutually exclusive – four ASz + FHx cases are included in both groups. AUCi-CAR: area under the curve with respect to increase for the cortisol awakening response; AUCg-DAY: area under the curve with respect to ground for cortisol during the day; d: standardized mean difference; B: unstandardized beta coefficient; SE: standard error; CI: confidence interval.