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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Dev Orig Health Dis. 2018 Apr 10;9(4):425–431. doi: 10.1017/S2040174418000181

Table 3.

Summary of regression models using maternal cortisol sampled at three times of the day, and in interaction with infant sex, to predict birth weight corrected for gestational age

Whole sample (N=241) Males (n=115) Females (N=126)
Maternal cortisol and infant sex interaction Beta CI's p Maternal cortisol Beta CI's p Beta CI's p
sex X awakening cortisol -0.150 -0.614 - -0.067 0.015 awakening cortisol 0.203 -10.326 - 1.981 0.030 -0.065 -9.605 - 0.352 0.508
sex X awakening cortisol + 30minutes -0.172 -7.395 - -0.189 0.013 awakening cortisol + 30minutes 0.214 -9.445 - 2.270 0.021 -0.111 -0.622 - 0.210 0.329
sex X evening cortisol -0.057 -0.748 - 0.256 0.335 evening cortisol -0.06 -9.370 - 2.809 0.358 -0.133 -1.351 - 0.233 0.165