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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 29.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Psychol. 2013 Nov 12;96:35–41. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.11.002

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the sample.

Mean (SD)/n (%)
Maternal age (years) 24.91 (3.80)
Race/ethnicity
 African American/black 50 (50%)
 Hispanic 18 (18%)
 Asian 3 (3%)
 Caucasian/white 29 (29%)
Education
 Less than high school 26 (26%)
 High school 42 (42%)
 Less than 4-year college degree 19 (19%)
 4-year college degree or greater 13 (13%)
Married/living with partner 29 (29%)
Trauma exposure 53 (53%)
20 weeks 32 weeks
Depression diagnosis 23(23%) 13(13%)
Anxiety diagnosis 24 (24%) 23 (23%)
Cortisol (μg/dl)
 Wake-up .40 (.33) .37 (.49)
 Wake-up + 45min .45 (.35) .49 (.77)
 Wake-up + 2.5 h .28 (.31) .29 (.37)
 Wake-up + 8 h .20 (.35) .25 (.51)
 Wake-up + 12 h .15 (.21) .23 (.43)

Note: Depression diagnosis includes the broader phenotype of MDD plus depression NOS; anxiety diagnosis includes the broader phenotype of all anxiety disorders except PTSD. Cortisol values are in μg/dl after excluding outliers but are not adjusted for time. n =101(n = 81 for cortisol at 32 weeks).