Table 3.
Serum CORT concentration (µg/dL) and adjusted BPb and TPb effects on CORT before and after the TSST.a
| Percent difference (95% CI) for an IQR increaseb | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time (minute) | CORT [GM (95% CI)] | BPb | TPb | |||
| 0 (baseline) | 10.7 (9.5, 12.0) | –18.5 (–30.8, –4.0) | –10.5 (–19.3, –0.8) | |||
| 5 | 10.8 (9.8, 12.0) | 6.3 (–2.2, 15.7) | 2.4 (–3.6, 8.7) | |||
| 10 | 12.7 (11.4, 14.2) | 5.2 (–8.2, 20.6) | 8.4 (–0.4, 18.1) | |||
| 15 | 14.1 (12.6, 15.8) | 2.8 (–11.4, 19.3) | 12.2 (2.9, 22.4) | |||
| 20 | 14.3 (12.8, 16.0) | 9.1 (–7.4, 28.5) | 9.8 (–0.8, 21.5) | |||
| 40 | 13.0 (11.6, 14.5) | –1.8 (–16.8, 15.9) | 6.9 (–2.8, 17.5) | |||
| 60 | 11.6 (10.4, 12.9) | –6.3 (–19.5, 9.1) | 4.5 (–4.8, 14.7) | |||
| 75 | 9.7 (8.7, 10.7) | –0.6 (–13.6, 14.2) | 5.4 (–3.4, 15.0) | |||
| AUC | 896 (813, 987) | 0.7 (–10.7, 13.5) | 6.2 (–1.3, 14.3) | |||
| GM, geometric mean. aAll follow-up time points are adjusted for baseline CORT values; the model was adjusted for age, education, social inhibition, negative affect, and depression (BDI-II) scores. bEstimates of the percent increase or decrease in CORT associated with an IQR increase in log-BPb or log-TPb are based on a regression model using log(CORT) as a continuous response and log(BPb) or log(TPb) as a continuous predictor. | ||||||