Table 1.
Descriptive data for the 94 mothers and 30 newborns
| Variable |
M ± SD
N (%) |
|---|---|
| Maternal data (N = 94) | |
| Hair steroids | |
| Cortisol in pg/mg | 18.89 ± 74.51 |
| DHEA in pg/mg | 4.33 ± 11.00 |
| Medical and demographic data: | |
| Age in years | 32.45 ± 5.44 |
| Married | 72 (76.60%) |
| German origin | 83 (88.3%) |
| Higher school education (> 11 years of school) | 55 (58.51%) |
| Hair treatment | 34 (36.17%) |
| - Colored hair | 18 (19.15%) |
| - Permanent wave | 3 (3.19%) |
| - Dyeing | 13 (13.83%) |
| BMIa | 24.54 ± 4.79 |
| Currently smoking | 9 (9.57%) |
| Time between parturition and hair collection (days) | 2.20 ± 1.16 |
| Psychological data | |
| Child maltreatment (CTQ sum score) | 36.29 ± 12.96 |
| Perceived Stress (PSS4) | 4.59 ± 3.05 |
| Lifetime psychopathology | 27 (28.72%) |
| - Major Depression | 17 |
| - Anxiety | 7 |
| - Other | 12 |
| Newborn data (N = 30) | |
| Hair steroids | |
| Cortisol in pg/mg | 208.00 ± 122.02 |
| DHEA in pg/mg | 3.31 ± 1.70 |
| Medical data | |
| Gestational age at birthb | 39.77 ± 1.51 |
| Birth weight in gramb | 3328 ± 482.35 |
M = mean; SD = standard deviation; N% = relative frequency in valid percent; BMI = body mass index; CTQ = Childhood Trauma Questionnaire; PSS4 = Perceived Stress Scale, four-item version
aMissing data for BMI in 35 cases
bMissing data in 8 newborns