Table 3.

Predictors of hormone levels in total group, patients, and controls.

Predictor variables	Cortisol		DHEAS		Cortisol/DHEAS
Total group	β	P	β	P	β	P
Group (1 = patients, 2 = controls)	–0.060	0.571	0.151	0.042	–0.151	0.100
Sex (1 = males, 2 = females)	0.263	0.018	–0.472	0.000	0.406	0.000
Age	–0.173	0.098	–0.598	0.000	0.274	0.003
Depression	–0.014	0.925	–0.001	0.988	–0.250	0.046
Perceived distress	–0.153	0.309	0.018	0.865	0.272	0.037
Patients	β	P	β	P	β	P
Sex (1 = males, 2 = females)	–0.166	0.369	–0.611	0.000	0.316	0.041
Age	–0.178	0.257	–0.584	0.000	0.325	0.014
Depression	0.202	0.365	0.113	0.418	–0.349	0.060
Perceived distress	0.058	0.810	0.026	0.862	0.465	0.023
Controls	β	P	β	P	β	P
Sex (1 = males, 2 = female)	0.445	0.002	–0.389	0.001	0.555	0.000
Age	–0.096	0.474	–0.601	0.000	0.256	0.051
Depression	–0.179	0.301	–0.095	0.513	–0.007	0.965
Perceived distress	–0.166	0.343	0.057	0.698	–0.118	0.481