Does the early social environment prepare individuals for the future? A match-mismatch experiment in female wild cavies

Table 4 Plasma cortisol concentrations (ng/ml) of UE- and SE-daughters during the Cortisol Response Test (CRT) one week prior to and on the last day of the social encounter week

	one week prior to social encounter week		last day of social encounter week		LMM
	one week prior to social encounter week		last day of social encounter week		time		early social environment		day of testing		time × early social environment × day of testing
	UE-daughters	SE-daughters	UE-daughters	SE-daughters	F =	p =	F =	p =	F =	p =	F =	p =
plasma cortisol concentrations during CRT (ng/ml)
C0	667.1 ± 90.0	554.9 ± 106.2	635.8 ± 88.8	389.9 ± 32.4	4.34	0.016	0.13	0.720	0.63	0.429	0.11	0.894
C1	3610.6 ± 281.7	3634.8 ± 344.3	3741.2 ± 410.7	3446.5 ± 292.9
C2	4185.2 ± 440.1	4355.3 ± 385.9	4525.4 ± 478.2	4972.2 ± 298.6

The test was performed twice, exactly two weeks apart. UE-daughters: daughters whose mothers had lived in an unstable social environment during pregnancy and lactation; SE-daughters: daughters whose mothers had lived in a stable social environment during pregnancy and lactation. Data are given as untransformed mean values ± SEM. Statistics: LMM. N_UE-daughters = 10-11; N_SE-daughters = 9-11

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