Table 5.
Regression models examining the association between childhood traumatic events and hair cortisol concentrations during pregnancy
| Model 1: Childhood | Model 2: Childhood and Adulthood | Model 3: Interaction | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | B | SE B | β | B | SE B | β | B | SE B | β |
| Gestational Week | 0.002 | 0.01 | 0.02 | −0.002 | 0.01 | −0.02 | −0.005 | 0.01 | −0.05 |
| LEC-Childhood | 0.10** | 0.03 | 0.32 | 0.07* | 0.03 | 0.23 | −0.003 | 0.05 | −0.01 |
| LEC-Adulthood | 0.07** | 0.02 | 0.32 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.13 | |||
| LEC-Childhood* LEC-Adulthood |
0.04* | 0.02 | 0.42 | ||||||
| R2 | 0.10 | 0.19 | 0.25 | ||||||
| F | 4.82* | 6.70*** | 6.73*** | ||||||
Note: Hair cortisol was log transformed. LEC = Life Events Checklist. B = unstandardized coefficient. β= standardized coefficient
p< .05
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