. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 1.

Published in final edited form as: Matern Child Health J. 2019 Sep;23(9):1147–1151. doi: 10.1007/s10995-019-02779-4

Table 3.

Correlations between Maternal Experiences of Discrimination and Child Biomarkers of Toxic Stress

Measure	EOD Situations	EOD Frequency
IL-1β^a	−0.12	−0.12
IL-6^a	0.34^*	0.33^*
IL-8^a	−0.10	−0.10
TNF-a^a	0.16	0.12
CRP	0.11	−0.13
Hair cortisol^a	−0.11	−0.17
SBP %	0.06	−0.06
DBP %	0.09	0.03

Note:

p-value <.05

= log-transformation applied

^†

indicates Pearson correlation conducted, all other correlations conducted using Spearman’s rho

EOD = Experiences of Discrimination; IL=Interleukin; TNF-a=Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; CRP = C-reactive Protein; SBP = Systolic Blood Pressure; DBP = Diastolic Blood Pressure