Sex-specific association of hair cortisol concentration with stress-related psychological factors in healthy young adults

Table 3 Multiple linear regression results of HCC for men and women

Sex	Independent variable	B	95% confidence interval	p
Men (n = 102)	(Constant)	9.107	[7.295, 10.920]	< 0.001
	Age	− 0.020	[− 0.080, 0.040]	0.514
	K-SRRS	0.014	[− 0.091, 0.120]	0.787
	PSS	− 0.027	[− 0.066, 0.013]	0.182
	BDI	0.018	[− 0.137, 0.174]	0.817
	SAI	0.020	[− 0.007, 0.046]	0.139
	TAI	− 0.007	[− 0.041, 0.026]	0.666
	DERS	− 0.001	[− 0.013, 0.011]	0.898
Women (n = 103)	(Constant)	6.324	[4.049, 8.599]	< 0.001
	Age	0.048	[− 0.023, 0.119]	0.182
	K-SRRS	0.080	[− 0.048, 0.209]	0.218
	PSS	− 0.019	[− 0.058, 0.020]	0.338
	BDI	− 0.076	[− 0.271, 0.118]	0.439
	SAI	0.019	[− 0.010, 0.048]	0.206
	TAI	− 0.019	[− 0.064, 0.026]	0.935
	DERS	0.023	[0.010, 0.035]	0.001

BDI Beck Depression Inventory, DERS Difficulty in Emotion Regulation scale, HCC hair cortisol concentration, K-SRRS Korean version of the Social Readjustment Rating Scale, PSS Perceived Stress Scale, SAI State Anxiety Inventory, TAI Trait Anxiety Inventory

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