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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2021 Jun 25;132:105341. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2021.105341

Table 2.

Trauma/PTSD status regression coefficients and standard errors from linear mixed models predicting log aldosterone (n=521)

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3 Model 4 Model 5
Time, Age, and
Trauma/PTSD
Fixed Effects
Time, Age, and
Trauma/PTSD ×
Time Fixed
Effects
Time, Age, and
Trauma/PTSD
with Covariates
Time, Age, and
Trauma/PTSD with
Covariates and
Pathway Variables
Time, Age, and
Trauma/PTSD with
Covariates, Pathway
Variables and
Depression
β (SE) β (SE) β (SE) β (SE) β (SE)
Fixed Effects
Time −0.01 (0.002)*** −0.01 (0.003)+ −0.01 (0.002)*** −0.004 (0.003) −0.004 (0.003)
Age at draw 1 Trauma/PTSD −0.01 (0.003)*** −0.01 (0.003)*** −0.01 (0.003)** −0.01 (0.004)* −0.01 (0.004)*
 No trauma  Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Trauma/no PTSD −0.04 (0.04) −0.02 (0.04) −0.04 (0.04) −0.04 (0.04) −0.04 (0.04)
 Chronic PTSD −0.08 (0.04)* −0.07 (0.04)+ −0.08 (0.04)* −0.09 (0.04)* −0.09 (0.04)*
Trauma/PTSD x Time
 No trauma x Time Reference
 Trauma/no PTSD x Time −0.004 (0.004)
 Chronic PTSD x Time −0.001 (0.004)
Non-white −0.05 (0.09) −0.08 (0.09) −0.08 (0.09)
Statin use −0.01 (0.04) −0.02 (0.04) −0.02 (0.04)
Anti-hypertensive use −0.05 (0.03) −0.04 (0.03) −0.04 (0.03)
Post-menopausal −0.08 (0.04)* −0.08 (0.04)*
BMI 0.002 (0.003) 0.002 (0.003)
Sodium 0.00003 (0.00002)+ 0.00003 (0.00002)+
Physical activity <1/wk Reference Reference
Physical activity 1/wk 0.09 (0.04)* 0.09 (0.04)*
Physical activity 2-3/wk 0.01 (0.03) 0.01 (0.03)
Physical activity 4+/wk 0.03 (0.04) 0.03 (0.04)
Depressive symptoms 0.003 (0.02)
Error Variance
Level-1 0.10 (0.01)*** 0.10 (0.01)*** 0.10 (0.01)*** 0.10 (0.01)*** 0.10 (0.01)***
Intercept 0.06 (0.01)*** 0.06 (0.01)*** 0.06 (0.01)*** 0.06 (0.01)*** 0.06 (0.01)***
Time 0.0003 (0.0001)** 0.0003 (0.0001)** 0.0003 (0.0001)** 0.0003 (0.0001)** 0.0003 (0.0001)**
Model Fit
BIC 1196.0 1213.6 1205.8 1241.6 1248.1

Notes. PTSD=posttraumatic stress disorder. Aldosterone was log-transformed pg/mL. Time=years since draw 1. All models adjust for age. Covariates are race/ethnicity (non-white versus white [reference]), statin use (versus non-use [reference]), and anti-hypertensive use (versus non-use [reference]). Pathway variables are post-menopausal status (versus pre-menopausal [reference]), BMI, sodium intake, and physical activity. Age, BMI, and sodium intake were grand-mean centered; depressive symptoms were standardized (mean=0, SD=1). Covariates (besides race/ethnicity), pathway variables and depression were time-updated to reflect values at draws 1 and 2. BIC= Bayesian information criterion. Smaller BIC indicates better model fit.

+

p<.10

*

p<.05

**

p<.01

***

p<.0001