Table 2 Stress and health factors associated to cortisol levels in hair (pg/mg)
From: Cortisol in hair measured in young adults - a biomarker of major life stressors?
Univariate associations | Multivariate associations ‡ | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | mean | s.d | r* | p-value † | Beta | p-value | ||
Background factors: | ||||||||
Sex | Male | 24 | 17.76 | 13.32 | - | 0.726 | ||
Female | 71 | 20.53 | 37.66 | - | ||||
Age (mean: 22.1 s.d: 4.1) | 95 | -0.073 | 0.732 | |||||
Coloured/permed hair | Yes | 40 | 13.04 | 16.01 | - | |||
No | 55 | 24.78 | 40.89 | - | 0.089 | |||
Pharmaceuticals | Yes | 28 | 22.85 | 44.86 | - | |||
No | 67 | 18.58 | 27.19 | - | 0.570 | |||
Stress and Health factors: | ||||||||
Serious life events | Yes | 20 | 32.98 | 56.90 | - | |||
No | 75 | 16.32 | 22.53 | - | 0.045 | 0.212 | 0.041 | |
Perceived stress (PSS) | 95 | -0.061 | 0.025 | -0.078 | 0.448 | |||
Perceived Health (VAS) | 95 | 0.038 | 0.251 | |||||