The association between study conditions and hair cortisol in medical students in Germany – a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Results from separate multiple linear regression analyses estimating the association between study conditions and HCC (n = 55)

	HCC^a
	Crude Model				Model 1^b
	B^c	p-value	95% CI	SP^d	B^c	p-value	95% CI	SP^d
JDCS in university setting ^e
Demands	0.22	0.002	0.09;0.35	0.916	0.23	0.002	0.09;0.36	0.826
Decision latitude	-0.02	0.815	-0.18;0.14	0.046	-0.01	0.860	-0.18;0.14	0.082
Support from students	-0.14	0.096	-0.31;0.03	0.407	-0.14	0.117	-0.31;0.04	0.286
Support from professors/lecturers	-0.02	0.796	-0.13;0.1	0.046	-0.02	0.739	-0.14;0.1	0.089
Student ERI ^f
Effort	0.12	0.02	0.02;0.22	0.681	0.12	0.029	0.01;0.22	0.5
Reward	-0.09	0.175	-0.23;0.04	0.279	-0.09	0.19	-0.23;0.05	0.219
Effort-Reward-Ratio	0.28	0.005	0.09;0.47	0.844	0.28	0.007	0.08;0.47	0.694

^aLog-transformed hair cortisol concentration
^bAdjusted for age and sex
^cUnstandardized regression coefficients
^dStatistical Power
^eStructural study conditions questionnaire
^fStudent version of effort-reward imbalance questionnaire. Bold values indicate a p-value below 0.05

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