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. 2023 Jan 25;13:1434. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-28151-9

Table 2.

Summary of the regression analysis in the prediction of hair cortisol concentration (A), and HSCL symptoms of depression (B, D) and anxiety (C, E).

Unstandardized coefficients B (SE) Standardized coefficient β t p Explained variance
A. Outcome: hair cortisol concentration (R2adj = 0.51, F(4, 142) = 38.6, p < 0.0001)
 Intercept 2.57 (0.17) 14.85  < 0.0001
 Dummy (1 = member of the Peruvian sample, 0 = else) 0.73 (0.06) 0.83 12.21  < 0.0001 40.8%
 Dummy (1 = member of the Greek sample, 0 = else) 0.27 (0.07) 0.33 3.73 0.0003 2.8%
 Pregnancy week 0.01 (0.01) 0.17 2.36 0.0199 0.7%
 Trauma load (lifetime) − 0.10 (0.02) − 0.42 − 6.10  < 0.0001 7.7%
B. Outcome: HSCL: symptoms of depression (R2adj = 0.21, F(4, 142) = 10.87, p < 0.0001)
 Intercept − 0.08 (0.23) − 0.33 0.740
 Dummy (1 = member of the Peruvian sample, 0 = else) 0.34 (0.08) 0.38 4.31  < 0.0001 12.9%
 Dummy (1 = member of the Greek Sample, 0 = else) 0.21 (0.10) 0.31 2.14 0.034 1.3%
 Pregnancy week 0.01 (0.01) 0.22 1.44 0.153 0.8%
 Trauma load (lifetime) 0.06 (0.02) 0.25 2.98 0.003 8.5%
C. Outcome: HSCL: symptoms of anxiety (R2adj = 0.12, F(4, 142) = 5.96, p < 0.001)
 Intercept − 0.02 (0.27) − 0.06 0.954
 Dummy (1 = member of the Peruvian sample, 0 = else) 0.24 (0.09) 0.25 2.57 0.011 5.8%
 Dummy (1 = member of the Greek sample, 0 = else) 0.21 (0.11) 0.32 1.79 0.076 0.9%
 Pregnancy week 0.01 (0.01) 0.22 0.87 0.387 0.3%
 Trauma load (lifetime) 0.08 (0.03) 0.27 3.06 0.003 7.7%
D. Outcome: HSCL: symptoms of depression (R2adj = 0.20, F(4, 142) = 10.02, p < 0.0001)
 Intercept 0.63 (0.33) 1.89 0.061
 Dummy (1 = member of the Peruvian sample, 0 = else) 0.58 (0.10) 0.63 5.90  < 0.0001 17.3%
 Dummy (1 = member of the Greek sample, 0 = else) 0.25 (0.10) 0.36 − 2.47 0.015 1.5%
 Pregnancy week 0.01 (0.01) 0.28 1.98 0.050 1.1%
 Hair cortisol concentration − 0.25 (0.10) − 0.23 − 2.43 0.014 2%
E. Outcome: HSCL: symptoms of anxiety (R2adj = 0.09, F(4, 142) = 4.81, p = 0.001)
 Intercept 0.71 (0.39) 1.82 0.072
 Dummy (1 = member of the Peruvian sample, 0 = else) 0.49 (0.12) 0.49 4.23 < 0.0001 9.2%
 Dummy (1 = member of the Greek sample, 0 = else) 0.23 (0.12) 0.36 1.88 0.062 0.8%
 Pregnancy week 0.01 (0.01) 0.28 1.36 0.175 0.5%
 Hair cortisol concentration − 0.25 (0.12) − 0.22 − 2.09 0.038 1.3%

HSCL Hopkins symptom checklist-25, HCC hair cortisol concentration in a scalp-near segment of 2 cm length.