TABLE 3. Acquisition Data for Standardized Startle EMG and Behavioral Risk Ratings Across Conditioned Danger Cues (CS+), Conditioned Safety Cues (CS−), and Intertrial Intervals for Patients With Panic Disorder and Healthy Comparison Subjects.
| Startle EMGa | Risk Ratingsb | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients With Panic Disorder (N=19) | Healthy Comparison Subjects (N=19) | Patients With Panic Disorder (N=19) | Healthy Comparison Subjects (N=19) | |||||
| Stimulus | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
| CS+ | 56.34 | 5.18 | 55.45 | 5.12 | 2.50 | 0.43 | 2.72 | 0.25 |
| CS− | 50.28 | 4.78 | 49.16 | 3.96 | 1.60 | 0.63 | 1.15 | 0.22 |
| Intertrial intervals | 51.35 | 3.97 | 50.93 | 3.94 | 1.81 | 0.59 | 1.28 | 0.31 |
a
Raw startle EMG was standardized with the use of within-subject T score transformations ([([EMGsingle trial − EMGmean]/SD)*10] + 50).
b
3-point scale, where 1=no risk, 2=some risk, 3=a lot of risk.