Table 2. Comparison of salivary Cortisol (sC) and salivary alpha-amylase (sAA) levels.

	Early SCC Group n = 17		Late SCC Group n = 18
	median	IQR	median	IQR	p-value
Maternal Cortisol Levels
M1 (ng/mL)	7.16	6.92–8.29	7.14	5.71–8.76	0.936
M2 (ng/mL)	8.21	6.22–9.16	7.81	7.04–9.74	0.860
M3 (ng/mL)	13.2	9.62–16.35	12.04	9.83–13.82	0.398
Newborn Cortisol Levels
N1 (ng/mL)	14.8	14.2–23.3	18.3	15.1–25.7	NA
N2 (ng/mL)	22.8	17.7–25.2	26.4	19–30	NA
Maternal Alpha-amylase Levels
M1 (U/l)	2,175	1,087–2,914	3,974	1,871–5,172	0.104
M2 (U/l)	5,879	2,934–10,680	4,944	1,902–7,039	0.237
M3 (U/l)	4,676	1,566–10,610	4,965	2,202–6,088	0.618
Newborn Alpha-amylase Levels
N1 (U/l)	238	103–355	359,5	308,2–412,2	NA
N2 (U/l)	391	282,5–499,5	349	329,5–561	NA

IQR = interquartile range; SCC = skin-to-skin contact; M = measurement Mother (M1 = first [taken before entering the operating room], M2 = second [taken within the first 5 minutes after delivery], M3 = third [taken 25 minutes after delivery]); N = measurement Neonate (N1 = first [taken within the first 5 minutes after delivery], N2 = second [taken 25 minutes after delivery]); NA = not available