Table 4

Prenatal Cortisol of Birth Outcomes

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Birth WeightGestationBirth WeightGestationBirth WeightGestation
Panel A: Quintiles of Cortisol
    Top quintile prenatal cortisol−50.60
[39.52]
−0.128
[0.177]
−99.36
[62.73]
−0.238
[0.285]
−45.55
[73.30]
−0.286
[0.331]
    Bottom quintile prenatal cortisol68.79
[45.78]
0.0392
[0.182]
39.33
[64.68]
−0.365
[0.279]
64.83
[67.82]
0.0618
[0.458]
    Observations981980376376386386
    R-squared0.0670.0570.0990.0520.0780.108
Panel B: Linear Cortisol
    Free cortisol−1.012
[1.119]
3.59e–05
[0.00565]
−1.493
[1.786]
0.00274
[0.00996]
0.643
[2.385]
−0.00328
[0.0133]
    Constant2,981
[344.1]
37.70
[1.395]
3,601
[488.2]
38.08
[2.127]
4,429
[898.1]
42.56
[4.666]
    Observations978977375375385385
    R-squared0.0620.0570.0910.0470.0720.104
SampleFullFullSiblingSiblingSiblingSibling
Full controlsYYYYYY
Maternal FE includedNNNNYY
  • Notes: Robust standard errors in brackets.

  • Full controls include all controls listed in Table 3, Panel A.