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Table 3 Summary of separate regression models with bedtime cortisol levels (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: bedtime cortisol levels

   Predictor

 
 

Model estimates

Predictor estimates

 

N

R2

b

β

p

Total sample

     

Birth weight (kg)

692

.013

1.19

.11

.003

Birth length (cm)

690

.001

1.01

.03

.390

Ponderal index (kg/m3)

690

.015

1.03

.12

.001

Women

     

Birth weight (kg)

345

.004

1.11

.06

.240

Birth length (cm)

343

.000

0.99

-.02

.682

Ponderal index (kg/m3)

343

.012

1.03

.11

.041

Men

     

Birth weight (kg)

347

.015

1.21

.12

.021

Birth length (cm)

347

.003

1.02

.05

.349

Ponderal index (kg/m3)

347

.012

1.03

.11

.041