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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2018 Sep 6;203:301–308. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.07.069

Figure 1. Predicted effect estimates for maternal lifetime trauma exposure on infant birthweight for gestational age z-score (BWGA-z) by prenatal cortisol level and fetal sex.

Figure 1.

Estimated change in BWGA z-scores (with 95% CI) associated with a one-unit increase in maternal trauma exposure (continuous ratings from the LSC-R). Estimates from multivariableadjusted regression model under the following four conditions: 1) males born to mothers with prenatal hair cortisol level at 10th percentile, 2) males born to mothers with prenatal hair cortisol level at 90th percentile, 3) females born to mothers with prenatal hair cortisol level at 10th percentile, and 4) females born to mothers with prenatal hair cortisol level at 90th percentile. Prenatal cortisol (natural log-transformed z-score) was assessed from maternal hair representing the third trimester of pregnancy. Analyses adjusted for maternal age at enrollment, race/ethnicity, maternal education status, and pre-pregnancy BMI.