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. 2012 Sep 28;3:352. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00352

Table 2.

Mean cortisol levels (nmol/L; Salivettes at t1–t5) and AUCi (N = 47), Kruskal–Wallis H-Test (df = 2) for support condition.

Cortisol Real dog Student Toy dog H-Test


Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) χ2 p
Salivette t1 5.90 (4.68) 4.09 (0.89) 4.76 (2.20) 2.60 0.272
Salivette t2 7.61 (9.02) 6.24 (2.20) 6.79 (4.27) 0.14 0.934
Salivette t3 9.64 (11.07) 7.56 (4.70) 8.76 (5.61) 0.88 0.643
Salivette t4 5.02 (2.91) 8.02 (4.54) 7.33 (3.14) 7.03* 0.030*
Salivette t5 4.46 (2.67) 6.59 (3.35) 5.98 (2.73) 6.12* 0.047*
AUCi 41.65(323.3) 170.68 (155.7) 148.13 (194.5) 6.17* 0.046*

*p < 0.05.