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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Causes Control. 2017 Nov 23;29(1):185–191. doi: 10.1007/s10552-017-0989-5

Table 2.

Correlates of cortisol measures in cancer survivors

All time points
FN Frozen TN Room Temp FN Room Temp Saliva
TN Frozen 0.310 0.95 0.736 −0.004
 p 0.02827 5.44E-37 1.05E-10 0.97656
 n 50 72 56 67
FN Frozen - 0.352 0.784 −0.061
 p 0.01299 6.29E-12 0.68503
 n 49 52 46
TN Room Temp - 0.621 0.580
 p 3.61E-17 1.65E-16
 n 148 168
FN Room Temp - 0.287
 p 0.00042
 n 147
Baseline
FN Room Temp Saliva
TN Room Temp 0.801 0.557
 p 4.60E-14 3.85E-06
 n 58 60
FN Room Temp - 0.445
 p 0.001
 n 51
12 months
FN TN Room Temp TN Room Temp Saliva
Frozen
TN Frozen 0.676 0.820 0.321 0.120
 p 0.0001 5.31E-10 0.078 0.485
 n 27 37 31 36
FN Frozen - 0.844 0.599 −0.015
 p 3.16E-08 4.70E-04 0.941
 n 27 30 25
TN Room Temp - −0.013 0.677
 p 0.92 1.65E-10
 n 61 69
FN Room Temp - 0.288
 p 0.02
 n 65
24 months
FN TN Room Temp FN Room Temp Saliva
Frozen
TN Frozen 0.264 0.956 0.750 −0.021
 p 0.203 1.21E-19 7.91E-07 0.903
 n 25 36 32 35
FN Frozen - 0.303 0.798 −0.081
 p 0.16 1.74E-06 0.707
 n 23 25 24
TN Room Temp - 0.791 −0.003
 p 6.99E-08 0.983
 n 32 40
FN Room Temp - 0.004
 p 0.982
 n 35

TN, toenail; FN, fingernail