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Table 2 Summary of separate regression models: cortisol area under the curve (AUC, log nmol/L) on body size at birth (birth weight, birth length, ponderal index); b = anti-logged unstandardized regression coefficient, β = standardized regression coefficients

From: Is body size at birth related to circadian salivary cortisol levels in adulthood? Results from a longitudinal cohort study

Sample

Criterion: Cortisol AUC

   Predictor

     
 

Model estimates

Predictor estimates

 

N

R2

b

β

p

Total sample

     

Birth weight (kg)

685

.017

1.13

.13

< .001

Birth length (cm)

683

.005

1.02

.07

.065

Ponderal index (kg/m3)

683

.009

1.02

.10

.012

Women

     

Birth weight (kg)

340

.006

1.08

.08

.147

Birth length (cm)

338

.000

1.00

.02

.763

Ponderal index (kg/m3)

338

.008

1.02

.09

.106

Men

     

Birth weight (kg)

345

.015

1.12

.12

.022

Birth length (cm)

345

.006

1.02

.08

.143

Ponderal index (kg/m3)

345

.005

1.01

.07

.181

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