Table 4. Regression Models for the Relationships Between Suicidal Behavior and Each of Baseline or Pre-Task Cortisol Levels and Cortisol Reactivity With and Without Controlling for Demographics and Hour of the Day When the TSST was Conducted.
Unstanda β | 95% CI | t | p | Unstanda β | 95% CI | t | p | |
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Baseline or pre-task cortisolb | ||||||||
SA | −0.45 | −0.74, −0.17 | −3.11 | 0.002 | −0.42 | −0.82, −0.01 | −2.02 | 0.046 |
SRB | −0.07 | −0.39, 0.26 | −0.40 | 0.69 | −0.27 | −0.66, 0.13 | −1.33 | 0.19 |
NS | −0.16 | −0.36, 0.04 | −1.60 | 0.11 | −0.22 | −0.51, 0.08 | −1.46 | 0.15 |
Age | 0.004 | −0.01, 0.02 | 0.55 | 0.58 | ||||
Sex, femalec | −0.17 | −0.33, −0.01 | −2.04 | 0.04 | ||||
Race, Caucasianc | 0.14 | −0.04, 0.31 | 1.53 | 0.13 | ||||
Ethnicity, Hispanicc | 0.21 | −0.12, 0.54 | 1.27 | 0.21 | ||||
Site, Pittsburghc | −0.06 | −0.30, 0.18 | −0.46 | 0.65 | ||||
SESd | 0.003 | −0.0003, 0.01 | 1.79 | 0.08 | ||||
Time of day | −2.24 | −3.72, −0.76 | −2.99 | 0.003 | ||||
Cortisol reactivitye | ||||||||
SA | −1.00 | −14.89, 12.88 | −0.15 | 0.89 | −1.74 | −13.78, 10.30 | −0.29 | 0.78 |
SRB | −15.41 | −32.42, 1.59 | −1.79 | 0.08 | −7.95 | −24.65, 8.74 | −0.94 | 0.35 |
NS | −0.29 | −7.83, 7.25 | −0.08 | 0.94 | 0.27 | −9.07, 9.60 | 0.06 | 0.96 |
Age | −0.44 | −1.19, 0.31 | −1.16 | 0.25 | ||||
Sex, femalec | −5.57 | −12.13, 0.98 | −1.68 | 0.10 | ||||
Race, Caucasianc | 1.06 | −6.32, 8.44 | 0.28 | 0.78 | ||||
Ethnicity, Hispanicc | 3.63 | −9.11, 16.38 | 0.56 | 0.57 | ||||
Site, Pittsburghc | 0.03 | −9.47, 9.53 | 0.01 | >0.99 | ||||
SESd | −0.08 | −0.24, 0.09 | −0.92 | 0.36 | ||||
Time of day | 50.66 | −15.53, 116.84 | 1.51 | 0.13 |
Unstandardized coefficients.
Baseline or pre-task cortisol=ln(Cort−10).
Compared with reference categories males, non-Caucasians, non-Hispanic and NY.
SES, socio-economic status.
Cortisol reactivity=AUCI. Bold values indicate p<0.05.