Cortisol Response to Psychosocial Stress in Chinese Early Puberty Girls: Possible Role of Depressive Symptoms
Table 1
Means (standard deviation) and report rate of the variables used in the study.
Variable
Mean (SD)
Early puberty
Control
Age (years)
8.21 (0.51)
8.21 (0.47)
8.22 (0.55)
>0.05
BMI
17.04 (2.65)
16.94 (2.80)
17.14 (2.51)
>0.05
Depressive symptoms
28.6%
38.2%
19.3%
0.036
Baseline cortisol
C1 (ng/mL)
5.80 (3.04)
6.44 (3.18)
5.18 (2.80)
0.029
GSST cortisol
C2 (ng/mL)
4.79 (2.40)
4.80 (1.58)
4.26 (1.73)
>0.05
C3 (ng/mL)
6.51 (3.13)
8.31 (2.29)
5.96 (1.75)
<0.001
C4 (ng/mL)
4.95 (2.38)
5.48 (1.86)
4.61 (1.76)
0.013
C5 (ng/mL)
3.81 (1.82)
3.89 (1.44)
3.47 (1.46)
>0.05
AUCi (ng/mL)
1.41 (2.51)
4.07 (1.691)
1.60 (1.79)
<0.001
C1 = baseline cortisol; C2 = before GSST; C3 = cortisol concentration at the end of the GSST; C4 = cortisol concentration 20 min after the end of the GSST; C5 = cortisol concentration 40 min after the end of the GSST; AUCi = area under the curve with respect to the increase.
