Table 2. Association between child and parental hair cortisol concentration (units of 100 pg/mg) and macronutrient intake among children in the Healthy Start study.

		Total energy		Fat				Protein				Carbohydrate
	n	kcal/day	P	g/day	P	E%	P	g/day	P	E%	P	g/day	P	E%	P
Child HCC
Crude	296	-14 (-29, 1)	0.07	-0.8 (-0.2, 0.0)	0.05	-0.2 (-0.5, 0.1)	0.14	-0.5 (-1.3, 0.3)	0.24	0.0 (-0.2, 0.2)	0.86	-1.3 (-3.4, 0.9)	0.24	0.2 (-0.1, 0.0)	0.20
Adjusted1	296	-11 (-25, 3)	0.13	-0.7 (-1.3, -0.0)	0.04	-0.2 (-0.5, 0.1)	0.19	-0.4 (-1.2, 0.3)	0.22	0.0 (-0.2, 0.1)	0.92	-0.8 (-3.6, 1.8)	0.52	0.2 (-0.1, 0.0)	0.21
Maternal HCC
Crude	272	-22 (-62, 18)	0.27	-1.0 (-2.4, 0.4)	0.17	-0.1 (-0.7, 0.4)	0.66	-0.6 (-2.3, 1.1)	0.50	0.1 (-0.3, 0.5)	0.68	-2.8 (-7.9, 2.3)	0.28	0.0 (-0.6, 0.7)	0.92
Adjusted2	272	0 (-40, 40)	0.99	-0.1 (-1.9, 1.6)	0.87	0.0 (-0.7, 0.6)	0.89	0.1 (-1.5, 1.8)	0.86	0.0 (-0.3, 0.4)	0.86	0.2 (-5.9, 6.2)	0.96	0.0 (-0.7, 0.7)	0.96
Paternal HCC
Crude	208	-11 (-42, 20)	0.50	-0.3 (-1.7, 1.0)	0.64	0.0 (-0.4, 0.5)	0.83	-0.7 (-2.4, 1.0)	0.40	-0.1 (-0.4, 0.2)	0.40	-1.5 (-6.4, 3.5)	0.56	0.1 (-0.4, 0.5)	0.79
Adjusted3	208	-11 (-42, 20)	0.48	-0.4 (-2.2, 1.4)	0.65	0.0 (-0.7, 0.7)	0.99	-0.1 (-2.3, 0.1)	0.07	-0.2 (-0.5, 0.0)	0.07	-1.0 (-4.7, 2.8)	0.62	0.2 (-0.4, 0.8)	0.46

Results presented as β (in units of 100 pg/mg) and corresponding 95% CIs

Abbreviations: HCC, hair cortisol concentration; BMI, body mass index; PA, physical activity

¹ Adjusted for age, gender, BMI Z-score, PA, intervention status and maternal education

² Adjusted for age, gender, BMI Z-score, PA, intervention status, maternal education and maternal BMI

³ Adjusted for age, gender, BMI Z-score, PA, intervention status, paternal education and paternal BMI