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Table 3.

Associations of Maternal Salivary Cortisol Concentrations in Early, Mid, and Late Gestation With Infant Adiposity Measures Before and After Adjusting for Covariates

	Unadjusted			Adjusted^a
	%BF at Birth	%BF at 6 Months	Change in % BF From 0 to 6 Months	%BF at Birth	%BF at 6 Months	Change in % BF From 0 to 6 Months
Maternal cortisol in early gestation (T1)	−0.040	0.158	0.174	0.036	0.054	0.040
Maternal cortisol in midgestation (T2) adjusted for T1 cortisol	0.013	0.081	0.086	−0.096	−0.003	0.053
Maternal cortisol in late gestation (T3) adjusted for T1 and T2 cortisol	−0.115	0.187	0.359^b	0.129	0.274^c	0.379^b

^{^a}

Adjusted for maternal prepregnancy BMI, parity, presence of gestational diabetes during pregnancy, maternal socioeconomic status, infant birth weight, infant sex, and infant feeding status.

^{^b}

Significant correlations at P < 0.01.

^{^c}

Significant correlations at P < 0.05.