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Published in final edited form as: Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2013 May 16;38(10):2127–2139. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.04.001

Table 2.

Specific indirect and direct effects of childhood disadvantage on midlife cortisol levels: all measures standardized.

Mediator	AUC Cortisol β (95% CI lower; 95% CI upper)	Wake to bed slope β (95% CI lower; 95% CI upper)	Cortisol Awakening Response (CAR) β (95% CI lower; 95% CI upper)
Age 20 Cognitive ability (M1: a₁b₁)	0.02 (0.002; 0.04)	.02 (0.01; 0.04)	.01 (−0.005; 0.03)
Midlife SES (M2: a b)	0.013 (0.002; 0.027)	.007 (−.001; 0.02)	.007 (−.002; 0.02)
Midlife SES adjusted for Age 20 Cognitive Ability (a₁eb₂)	0.006 (0.001; 0.012)	.003 (−0.001; 0.008)	.003 (−0.001; 0.009)
Total indirect effect	0.04 (0.02; 0.06)	.03 (0.01; 0.05)	.02 (0.002; 0.05)
Direct effect of childhood disadvantage (c′)	0.08 (0.01; 0.14)	−.006 (−0.07; 0.05)	.01(−.06; 0.09)
Total effect of childhood disadvantage (c)	0.12 (0.05; 0.18)	.02 (−0.04; 0.08)	.04 (−.03; 0.10)

Notes: Confidence intervals based on 1000 bootstrap samples; coefficients are standardized values (x = 0; SD = 1). CI = confidence interval; significant values are bolded. M1 = specific indirect effect of childhood risk through age 20 cognitive ability; M2 = specific indirect effect of childhood risk through midlife socioeconomic status (SES).