Table 1.
Demographics, contraceptive use, smoking status, and psychiatric medication use correlated with salivary estradiol level. All participants prescribed acute-acting psychotropic medications (stimulants, benzodiazepines, etc.) refrained from taking that medication on the day of the scan. All scans occurred between the hours of 1:00 — 7:00pm. The racial categories used by the US Census (African-American, Asian-American, Native-American, Latinx, and Pacific Islander) are included in the category “non-White.” Digit span is from the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-IV. GAD = Generalized Anxiety Disorder. CAPS = Clinician Administered PTSD Scale. A value followed by s indicates a statistically significant Spearman correlation (p < .05).
| Variable | Participants N=42 | p values |
|---|---|---|
| Age (yr) | 30.8 (8.2) | .721 |
| Education (yr) | 16.2 (2.4) | .258 |
| BMI | 27.2 (6.4) | .908 |
| Non-White Ethnicity (%) | 21.4 | .502 |
| Digit span | 10.0 (2.7) | .709 |
| Direct assault types (#) | 4.6 (2.5) | .187 |
| Sexual assault (%) | 92.9 | .636 |
| Physical assault (%) | 78.6 | .363 |
| Physical abuse (%) | 50.0 | .732 |
| Age first assault (yr) | 10.2 (6.4) | .317 |
| Age last assault (yr) | 25.5 (8.5) | .285 |
| Time since last assault (yr) | 5.4 (6.7) | .067 |
| Current mood disorder (%) | 35.7 | .262 |
| Current anxiety disorder (%) | 76.2 | .756 |
| Current GAD (%) | 57.1 | .364 |
| CAPS total severity | 41.5 (10.8) | .818 |
| Any | 52.4 | .805 |
| Daily cigarette smoker (%) | 11.9 | .450 |
| Any psychotropic med | 45.2 | .514 |