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. 2016 May 26;4:12. doi: 10.1186/s40345-016-0053-5

Table 3.

The influence of DSM-IV substance use disorders and lifetime psychotic symptoms on the stability of cortisol (nmol/L) in high-risk offspring over repeated annual sampling assessments

Predictor Main effect Sampling year interactionb
p valuec
Main effect without interactionb
p valuec
Number of longitudinal observations
CAR SUD 0.1733 0.1148 101
Psychotic 0.1687 0.1198 101
logTime 3d SUD 0.1633 0.8117 102
Psychotic 0.2728 0.0191a 102
logAUCe SUD 0.0346a 0.1831 95
Psychotic <0.0001 0.4902 95

Italic denotes significance after correction for multiple comparisons

SUD substance use disorders, CAR cortisol awakening response, AUC area under the curve (ground), Psychotic lifetime psychotic symptoms in or outside mood episodes

a p value not significant after Šidák correction for multiple comparisons (p value cutoff of 0.0034)

bInteraction term was composed of sampling assessment year and presence of lifetime SUD or psychotic symptoms

cMixed model accounting for sibling correlation adjusted for sex and age at baseline cortisol sample

d8:00 p.m. cortisol

eSeconds*nmol/L