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. 2010 Mar 18;4:2. doi: 10.1186/1751-0759-4-2

Table 5.

Effect of adrenal hormone slopes from awakening to bedtime on abdominal symptoms

Bowel movement Estimate SE t p Duration of abdominal pain Estimate SE t p
Average Cortisol 0.28 0.47 0.59 0.58 Average Cortisol 22.52 13.21 1.70 0.09
DHEA-S -0.18 0.27 -0.69 0.52 DHEA-S -15.65 7.56 -2.07 0.04 *
Sleep duration 0.06 0.35 0.18 0.87 Sleep duration -12.67 9.94 -1.27 0.21
PSS 0.08 0.13 0.62 0.56 PSS 3.56 3.75 0.95 0.35

Variability Cortisol 0.05 0.09 0.55 0.58 Variability Cortisol 4.48 4.43 1.01 0.32
DHEA-S -0.03 0.06 -0.53 0.60 DHEA-S 0.27 3.21 0.08 0.93
Sleep duration -0.03 0.07 -0.40 0.69 Sleep duration -2.96 3.61 -0.82 0.41
PSS -0.04 0.05 -0.78 0.44 PSS -1.38 2.34 -0.59 0.56

Stool property Estimate SE t p Degree of abdominal pain Estimate SE t p

Average Cortisol 0.97 1.28 0.76 0.48 Average Cortisol 0.52 0.41 1.28 0.21
DHEA-S -0.48 0.73 -0.66 0.53 DHEA-S -0.37 0.24 -1.58 0.12
Sleep duration -0.03 0.97 -0.03 0.98 Sleep duration 0.09 0.31 0.30 0.77
PSS 0.05 0.36 0.13 0.90 PSS 0.02 0.12 0.13 0.90

Variability Cortisol 0.40 0.19 2.13 0.04 * Variability Cortisol 0.00 0.14 0.03 0.97
DHEA-S -0.18 0.14 -1.36 0.18 DHEA-S -0.01 0.10 -0.05 0.96
Sleep duration -0.02 0.16 -0.12 0.90 Sleep duration -0.07 0.11 -0.67 0.51
PSS -0.08 0.10 -0.85 0.40 PSS -0.08 0.07 -1.03 0.31

* p < 0.05