Table 2.
Correlation among adrenal hormone levels, stress, and sleep duration
| At awakening | Before bedtime | Slope from awakening to before bedtime | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSS | Sleep duratoin | Cortisol | DHEA-S | Cortisol | DHEA-S | Cortisol | DHEA-S | |
| PSS | - | - | 0.01 | -0.31 ** | -0.05 | -0.37 *** | 0.04 | 0.05 |
| Sleep duration | 0.34 *** | - | 0.24 * | -0.33 ** | -0.22 ** | -0.35 *** | 0.32 ** | 0.00 |
| Bowel movement | 0.10 | 0.26 ** | 0.08 | -0.40 *** | -0.11 | -0.30 ** | 0.12 | -0.11 |
| Stool property | -0.12 | 0.11 | 0.21 | -0.39 *** | -0.36 *** | -0.34 ** | 0.31 ** | -0.14 |
| Duration of abdominal pain | -0.02 | 0.09 | 0.11 | -0.14 | -0.09 | -0.09 | 0.13 | -0.06 |
| Degree of abdominal pain | -0.11 | 0.07 | 0.00 | -0.26 * | -0.12 | -0.23 * | 0.05 | -0.20 |
*** p < 0.001 ** p < 0.01 * p < 0.05