Table 4.

Means (SEM) of salivary cortisol concentrations (sqrt nmol/L) in older people with high versus low scores in social network cultivation across diurnal time points.

	Hours Postawakening
	0	3	6	9	12
High	2.70 (.11)	1.88 (.10)	1.72 (.06)	1.53 (.07)	1.24 (.06)
Low	2.93 (.14)	2.06 (.10)	1.94 (.08)	1.66 (.07)	1.42 (.08)

Standard errors are in parentheses. High: high scores in social network cultivation (above median score); low: low scores in social network cultivation (below median score). N = 78.