Salivary Cortisol as a Biomarker to Explore the Role of Maternal Stress in Early Childhood Caries

Table 3

Comparison of salivary cortisol levels of children when paired with their mothers.

	Intraclass correlation^a	95% confidence interval		𝐹 Test with true value 0
		Lower bound	Upper bound	Value	df1	df2	Sig
Single measures	.496	.286	.660	2.968	63	63	.000*
Average measures	.663	.445	.795	2.968	63	63	.000*

aPaired correlation between salivary cortisol level of the mother and the salivary cortisol level of the child tested using the intraclass correlation coefficient.
*Correlation significant at 𝑃<0.001.