Table 2. Mean Cortisol (nmol/l; SEM) for Total Sample and 5-HTTLPR Groups.
| Sample | N |
Time |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 min before TSST | 2 min after TSST | 10 min after TSST | 20 min after TSST | 30 min after TSST | ||
| Children | ||||||
| S group | 87 | 2.53 (0.35) | 3.55 (0.35) | 7.11 (0.69) | 7.58 (0.88) | 6.45 (0.84) |
| L group | 28 | 2.56 (0.64) | 4.01 (0.83) | 8.79 (1.49) | 8.49 (1.56) | 6.91 (1.29) |
| Younger adults | ||||||
| S group | 78 | 6.37 (0.55) | 9.56 (0.71) | 13.55 (0.96) | 12.91 (0.84) | 10.41 (0.68) |
| L group | 28 | 7.17 (0.85) | 12.30 (1.16) | 17.65 (1.90) | 17.35 (1.80) | 14.33 (1.46) |
| Older adults | ||||||
| S group | 72 | 5.12 (0.36) | 8.32 (0.55) | 13.02 (0.91) | 13.81 (1.08) | 11.59 (0.94) |
| L group | 27 | 4.58 (0.47) | 9.38 (1.38) | 16.03 (2.23) | 18.06 (2.52) | 15.13 (1.99) |
S group= S/S, S/LG, LG/LG, S/LA, LG/LA genotypes; L group = LA/LA genotype.