Table III.

Summary statistics (means and SDs) for all measurements at all time points; total stress (PSS), total positive and negative affect (PANAS), physical and mental attributes (SF-12) and cortisol: creatinine and E3G:creatinine ratios.

Total stress	Test			Control			Difference test-control	95% CI
	n	Mean	SD	n	Mean	SD
T1—Baseline	114	14.99	4.58	93	14.80	5.10	0.19	−1.15 to 1.54
T2—Cycle 1, Day 6	81	16.11	4.92	63	16.73	6.04	−0.62	−2.47 to 1.24
T3—Cycle 1, Surge Day	73	16.79	4.86	61	16.26	6.08	0.53	−1.38 to 2.44
T4—Cycle 2, Day 6	52	17.29	6.00	51	16.10	5.49	1.19	−1.06 to 3.44
T5—Cycle 2, Surge Day	48	17.25	5.43	47	15.23	5.38	2.02	−0.19 to 4.22
T6—Cycle 3	37	17.76	6.48	40	15.78	6.25	1.98	−0.91 to 4.87
Negative affect
T1—Baseline	113	14.16	4.03	93	14.37	4.58	−0.21	−1.41 to 0.99
T2—Cycle 1, Day 6	82	16.29	5.76	62	16.84	6.64	−0.55	1.06 to −2.64
T3—Cycle 1, Surge Day	73	15.85	5.02	62	15.39	5.02	0.46	0.87 to −1.25
T4—Cycle 2, Day 6	51	18.37	6.17	50	17.44	6.16	0.93	1.23 to −1.50
T5—Cycle 2, Surge Day	47	16.62	6.21	47	16.28	6.60	0.34	1.32 to −2.28
T6—Cycle 3	38	17.55	6.97	40	16.90	6.64	0.65	1.54 to −2.42
Positive affect
T1—Baseline	114	36.14	7.00	92	37.96	6.26	−1.82	−3.64 to 0.01
T2—Cycle 1, Day 6	82	32.52	7.06	62	32.16	8.72	0.36	−2.32 to 3.05
T3—Cycle 1, Surge Day	72	32.58	8.06	62	34.63	7.55	−2.05	−4.72 to 0.62
T4—Cycle 2, Day 6	50	31.16	8.71	50	33.04	8.16	−1.88	−5.22 to 1.47
T5—Cycle 2, Surge Day	47	31.55	8.50	47	34.28	7.78	−2.73	−6.06 to 0.61
T6—Cycle 3	36	29.75	10.24	38	34.26	8.06	−4.51	−8.80 to −0.22
SF-12
Physical T1—Baseline	115	39.80	3.53	93	39.65	3.28	0.15	−0.78 to 1.10
Physical T6—Cycle 3, Day 6	38	41.86	4.00	40	41.12	3.14	0.74	−0.87 to 2.37
Mental T1—Baseline	115	49.57	3.89	93	48.42	4.50	1.15	0.01 to 2.31
Mental T6—Cycle 3, Day 6	38	46.40	7.15	40	46.15	5.11	0.25	−2.54 to 3.04
Cortisol (µg/dl):Creatinine (g/dl)
T2—Cycle 1, Day 6	84	136.29	62.82	66	157.23	138.92	−20.94	−57.35 to 15.46
T3—Cycle 1, Surge Day	69	129.15	70.36	61	149.04	85.20	−19.89	−47.22 to 7.44
T4—Cycle 2, Day 6	51	147.68	110.30	44	147.57	89.59	0.11	−40.63 to 40.85
T5—Cycle 2, Surge Day	47	127.75	65.42	45	149.16	92.40	−21.41	−54.70 to 11.88
T6—Cycle 3	37	139.33	59.03	38	156.23	89.44	−16.9	−51.69 to 17.89
E3G (ng/ml):Creatinine (g/dl)
T2—Cycle 1, Day 6	84	98.99	56.69	66	101.34	46.23	−2.35	−18.94 to 14.26
T3—Cycle 1, Surge Day	69	403.15	237.43	61	276.31	180.57	126.84	54.10 to 199.58
T4—Cycle 2, Day 6	51	104.90	79.52	44	108.32	56.13	−3.42	−31.19 to 24.35
T5—Cycle 2, Surge Day	47	311.11	206.71	45	261.54	182.65	49.57	−31.14 to 130.28
T6—Cycle 3	37	101.59	52.34	38	95.24	52.43	6.35	−17.76 to 30.46

The number of evaluable data points may not match those in Fig. 1 because of missing or incomplete questionnaires at specific time points.

(E3G, estrone-3-glucuronide).