Table 2.

Bivariate correlations among main study variables

VARIABLE NAME	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Stressful experiences
1. Prenatal stress
2. Childhood stress	0.537**
3. Adolescent stress	0.151**	0.282**
White matter properties
4. MWF Genu	−0.089°	−0.014	0.089°
5. MWF Splenium	−0.139**	0.000	0.077	0.700**
6. MTR Genu	−0.176**	−0.069	0.106*	0.110*	0.171**
7. MTR Splenium	−0.132**	0.056	0.055	0.166**	0.320**	0.671**
8. FA Genu	−0.105*	−0.041	0.058	0.253**	0.217**	0.076	0.099*
9. FA Splenium	−0.052	−0.017	−0.014	0.208**	0.406**	0.090°	0.258**	0.536**
10. MD Genu	0.097°	0.016	−0.101*	−0.350**	−0.305**	−0.155**	−0.227**	−0.612**	−0.387**
11. MD Splenium	0.065	0.038	−0.091°	−0.180**	−0.431**	−0.090°	−0.266**	−0.493**	−0.574**	0.556**
Control variables
12. Breast feeding	−0.062	−0.033	−0.009	0.008	0.022	−0.030	−0.015	0.075	−0.037	−0.077	−0.053
13. Birth complications	0.039	0.021	0.006	0.110*	0.111*	−0.058	0.012	0.028	0.083	−0.033	−0.085°
14. Maternal education	−0.080	−0.043	−0.012	0.097°	0.067	0.015	0.014	0.041	0.055	−0.061	−0.073
15. Age at scan	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.028	−0.032	0.064	0.108*	−0.031	−0.014	0.027	0.113*

MWF = Myelin Water Fraction; MTR = Magnetic Transfer Ratio; FA = Fractional Anisotropy; MD = Mean diffusivity

^**P <0.01

^*P < 0.05

^°P <0.1