Table 2.
Hair cortisol concentrations and psychological symptoms among pregnant women and non-pregnant women.
| Pregnant Women M (SD) (n = 23) |
Non-Pregnant Women M (SD) (n = 20) |
T-Student | p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HCC at T1 | 364.63 (571.44) | 181.06 (169.74) | −1.38 | 0.17 |
| HCC at T2 | 581.91 (463.91) | 741.06 (448.01) | 0.47 | 0.26 |
| STAI-T at T1 | 28.13 (9.11) | 26.40 (9.23) | −0.61 | 0.54 |
| STAI-T at T2 | 28.09 (10.99) | 25.95 (10.01) | −0.73 | 0.46 |
| STAI-S at T1 | 22.39 (10.84) | 21.25 (12.11) | −0.32 | 0.74 |
| STAI-S at T2 | 22.09 (10.99) | 21.75 (12.28) | −0.09 | 0.95 |
| Depression at T1 | 0.78 (0.67) | 1.14 (0.82) | 1.56 | 0.12 |
| Depression at T2 | 0.71 (0.53) | 1.33 (0.73) | 3.13 | 0.01 |
| Resilience at T1 | 135.89 (15.14) | 133.05 (18.31) | −0.55 | 0.58 |
| Resilience at T2 | 149.29 (17.56) | 119.96 (21.71) | −4.89 | 0.01 |
Note: HCC—Hair Cortisol Concentrations; STAI-T—Anxiety Trait; STAI-S—Anxiety State.