Table 2 |
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Stress and health factors associated to cortisol levels in hair (pg/mg) |
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Univariate associations |
Multivariate associations ‡ |
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n |
mean |
s.d |
r* |
p-value † |
Beta |
p-value |
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Background factors: |
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Sex |
Male |
24 |
17.76 |
13.32 |
- |
0.726 |
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Female |
71 |
20.53 |
37.66 |
- |
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Age (mean: 22.1 s.d: 4.1) |
95 |
-0.073 |
0.732 |
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Coloured/permed hair |
Yes |
40 |
13.04 |
16.01 |
- |
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No |
55 |
24.78 |
40.89 |
- |
0.089 |
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Pharmaceuticals |
Yes |
28 |
22.85 |
44.86 |
- |
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No |
67 |
18.58 |
27.19 |
- |
0.570 |
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Stress and Health factors: |
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Serious life events |
Yes |
20 |
32.98 |
56.90 |
- |
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No |
75 |
16.32 |
22.53 |
- |
0.045 |
0.212 |
0.041 |
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Perceived stress (PSS) |
95 |
-0.061 |
0.025 |
-0.078 |
0.448 |
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Perceived Health (VAS) |
95 |
0.038 |
0.251 |
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* Pearson correlation † Statistics ANOVA, cortisol levels as dependent variable. ‡ Multivariate regression model: (df = 4) F = 3.43 p = 0.012, cortisol levels as dependent variable, background factors were not included in the regression model. |
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Karlén et al. BMC Clinical Pathology 2011 11:12 doi:10.1186/1472-6890-11-12 |
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