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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 25.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Res. 2020 Nov 17;90(2):472–478. doi: 10.1038/s41390-020-01246-z

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of demographics, family characteristics, and physiology split by classic reactivity versus other types of reactivity

Reactivity during Still Face Calculation Recovery during Reunion Calculation

Total Sample (N = 60) Classic Reactivity (N = 28) Other (N = 32) Delayed ‘Classic Reactivity’ (N = 22) Other (N =34)

Dichotomous Variable N % N % N % N % N %

Child Sex female 29 48.3 18 64.2 12 37.5 10 45.4 17 50.0
Race/Ethnicity: Latinx 20 33.3 10 35.7 10 31.2 6 27.2 12 35.2
 : Black/African American 15 25.0 8 28.5 7 21.8 5 22.7 10 29.4
 : White 7 11.6 2 7.1 5 15.6 5 22.7 2 5.8
 : Multiracial/other 18 30.0 8 28.6 10 31.2 7 31.8 11 32.3
Maternal Smoking during pregnancy 2 3.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Breastfeeding exclusively at 6 months 26 43.0 10 35.7 14 43.7 9 40.9 11 32.3
Completed Both SFP 40 66.6 18 64.2 23 71.8 11 50.0 29 85.3
Assigned to Intervention 20 33.3 10 35.7 10 31.2 5 22.7 11 32.3
Continuous Variables Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD

Maternal Prenatal Perceived Stress 1.87 0.66 19.46 6.43 17.48 5.85 19.98 5.25 17.56 6.49
Maternal Prenatal Stressful Life Events Count 2.57 2.07 3.04 1.89 2.5 2.67 2.86 2.65 2.74 2.28
Maternal Concurrent Perceived Stress 1.51 0.70 1.46 0.75 1.63 0.63 1.68 0.68 1.45 0.70
Maternal Reported Household Income ($) 26,143 20,941 27,555 21,364 23,200 20,763 28,213 22,053 23,082 18,965
Maternal Pre-pregnancy BMI 30.95 4.94 30.39 4.08 30.99 5.88 30.39 4.98 31.09 5.27
Maternal Gestational Age (days) 276.47 10.2 277.76 6.45 275.21 11.65 277.95 9.81 276.21 7.19
Birth Weight (kg) 3.32 0.46 3.35 0.43 3.29 0.43 3.21 0.41 3.40 0.46
Weight-for-length Standardized Change 1.19 1.77 0.97 1.87 1.35 1.54 1.56 1.97 1.02 1.53
Still Face Reactivity PEP −0.79 2.73 −3.95 2.96 0.68 2.55 0.159 3.09 −2.56 3.67
Still Face Reactivity RSA −0.56 1.11 −1.46 1.15 −0.082 0.95 −0.55 1.35 −0.93 1.24
Recovery PEP −0.83 2.55 −.044 2.50 −1.12 2.62 −2.94 2.35 0.52 1.69
Recovery RSA −0.01 1.50 0.67 1.63 −0.55 1.14 −1.26 0.99 0.81 1.21