BMC Endocrine Disorders

Table 5 Comparisons of body composition between quartiles of evening cortisol in men and women.

From: Salivary cortisol differs with age and sex and shows inverse associations with WHR in Swedish women: a cross-sectional study

	WHR				Waist circumference
	n	m	sd	p	n	m	sd	p
Women
Adjusted for age
qrtl 1 evening cortisol	182	0.830	0.081	ref.	182	85.03	13.60	ref.
qrtl 2 evening cortisol	332	0.830	0.073	0.992	332	84.80	13.54	0.851
qrtl 3 evening cortisol	169	0.839	0.078	0.252	169	86.13	13.56	0.451
qrtl 4 evening cortisol	155	0.837	0.075	0.392	155	85.78	13.61	0.617
Test for linearity:
between quartiles				0.209				0.402
continuously				0.288				0.695
Men
Adjusted for age
qrtl 1 evening cortisol	206	0.944	0.057	ref.	206	95.43	10.08	ref.
qrtl 2 evening cortisol	320	0.943	0.054	0.874	320	94.19	9.96	0.167
qrtl 3 evening cortisol	154	0.942	0.062	0.838	154	93.63	10.00	0.095
qrtl 4 evening cortisol	153	0.944	0.062	0.990	153	94.66	10.03	0.478
Test for linearity:
between quartiles				0.986				0.382
continuously				0.933				0.500

Differences between quartiles (qrtl) of evening cortisol were examined by GLM (general linear model), using quartile 1 as reference.

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