Table 2.

Pearson correlations between weight retention and cortisol slope in women 6 months postpartum

	Weight retentiona		Cortisol slope
	Correlation	p value	Correlation	p value
Age	−0.17	<0.01	−0.11	<0.01
Race/ethnicity
African American	0.17	<0.01	0.28	<0.01
White	−0.14	<0.01	−0.14	<0.01
Hispanic-Spanish speaking	−0.08	0.03	−0.11	<0.01
Hispanic-English speaking	0.03	0.42	−0.11	<0.01
Public insurance	0.19	<0.01	0.10	<0.01
Tobacco use	0.01	<0.01	0.10	<0.01
Breast feeding	−0.22	<0.01	−0.17	<0.01
Wake time	0.06	0.12	−0.06	0.09
Birth control pill usage	−0.02	0.66	0.03	0.41

^aWeight retention was analyzed as a continuous variable