Table 1 Study descriptives (N = 92).

From: Higher hair cortisol concentrations associated with shorter leukocyte telomere length in high-risk young adults

 

%

Sex (women)

38.0%

Childhood Stressors (CTQ)

78.0%

Childhood Stressors (MACE)

90.2%

Current mental disorder (SCID5)

64.1%

Lifetime clinical or personality disorder (SCID5 and SCIDII)

87.0%

Smoking (lifetime)

80.4%

Smoking (current nicotine dependence)

57.6%

Somatic complaints

43.9%

Chronic or acute disease/illness

28.0%

Regular medication

32.5%

 

M (SD)

Age

26.0 (3.7)

Potentially traumatic exposures (LEC-R)

4.7 (3.0)

Number of residential care placements

3.7 (3.2)

Hair Cortisol Concentration (HCC)1

13.3 (11.4)

HCCWomen

15.6 (14.3)

HCCMen

11.9 (9.1)

Leukocyte telomere length (LTL)1

0.9 (0.3)

LTLWomen

0.9 (0.2)

LTLMen

0.9 (0.2)

  1. CTQ Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, MACE Maltreatment and Abuse Chronology of Exposure Scale, SCID5 Structured Clinical Interview for Mental Disorders based in DSM5, SCIDII Structured Clinical Interview for Personality Disorders, LEC-R Life-Events Checklist revised. M=Mean; SD=Standard Deviation.
  2. 1Wilcoxon tests for differences in HCC and LTL between men and women were non-significant.
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