Table 4.

Results from the between-person, exploratory MLMs examining the effects of hair cortisol concentration (HCC) and covariates on average levels of emotional eating.

Full HCC sample (N = 234)
	β (SD)	t (df)	p-value
Intercept	-0.02 (0.06)	-0.35 (126.16)	.73
HCC	-0.14 (0.05)	-2.70 (203.34)	.007
Avg. negative affect	0.59 (0.07)	8.81 (93.28)	<.001
Avg. BMI	0.03 (0.05)	0.48 (179.02)	.64
Age	0.03 (0.07)	0.37 (135.70)	.71
Avg. hours of sleep/night	0.01 (0.05)	0.10 (204.55)	.92
Income	0.03 (0.06)	0.47 (128.11)	.64
Subsample of women without confounding factors for HCC (N = 220)
	β (SD)	t (df)	p-value
Intercept	-0.02 (0.06)	-0.38 (120.50)	.70
HCC	-0.16 (0.05)	-2.97(179.83)	.003
Avg. negative affect	0.59 (0.07)	8.49 (81.79)	<.001
Avg. BMI	0.01 (0.06)	0.18 (28.75)	.86
Age	<0.01 (0.07)	0.11 (128.72)	.91
Avg. hours of sleep/night	<0.01 (0.05)	0.07 (177.99)	.95
Income	0.03 (0.06)	0.51 (119.39)	.61

Note: MLM = multilevel model; avg. = average; BMI = body mass index; HCC = hair cortisol concentration. All daily variables were averaged across the 49 days of data collection, and BMI was averaged across the 3 study assessments. Betas represent standardized effects. Effects significant at p <.01 are bolded.