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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 18.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatry Res. 2019 Jul 16;280:112486. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2019.112486

Table 2.

Correlation of clinical variables, baseline cortisol, total cortisol output, and cortisol response.

CTQ Emotional Abuse CTQ Physical Abuse CTQ Sexual Abuse CTQ Emotional Neglect CTQ Physical Neglect BGAH BIS HDRS-17 BDI BHS ALS Baseline Cortisol AUCi AUCg
CTQ Emotional Abuse 1 0.63*** 0.47** 0.68*** 0.58*** 0.24 0.31 0.25 0.28 0.1 0.04 −0.18 0.09 −0.15
CTQ Physical Abuse 1 0.36* 0.45** 0.7*** 0.07 0.18 0.18 0.1 −0.16 0.11 −0.13 −0.11 −0.26
CTQ Sexual Abuse 1 0.3 0.4* 0.01 −0.08 −0.11 −0.07 −0.03 0.05 −0.27 0.09 −0.27
CTQ Emotional Neglect 1 0.6*** 0.17 0.2 0.37* 0.31 0.29 0.25 0.04 0.04 0.09
CTQ Physical Neglect 1 0.07 0.04 0.22 0.13 −0.05 0.07 0.01 −0.09 −0.07
BGAH 1 0.37** 0.18 0.09 0.25 0.25 −0.16 0.25 0
BIS 1 0.25* 0.54*** 0.36** 0.48** −0.05 0.17 0.07
HDRS-17 1 0.6*** 0.53*** 0.31 0.01 −0.01 0.01
BDI 1 0.64*** 0.37* 0 0.06 0.05
BHS 1 0.29 0 0.09 0.07
ALS 1 0.02 −0.01 0.01
Baseline Cortisol 1 −0.58** 0.77***
AUCi 1 0.07
AUCg 1

Abbreviations: CTQ, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire; BGAH, Brown-Goodwin Lifetime History of Aggressive Behavior; BIS, Barratt Impulsivity Scale; HDRS-17, 17-Item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale; BDI, Beck Depression Inventory; BHS, Beck Hopelessness Scale; ALS, Affective Lability Scale; AUCi, cortisol reactivity; AUCg, total cortisol output.

*

p< 0.01,.

**

p< 0.001,.

***

p< 0.0001.