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. 2012 Dec 20;7(12):e52067. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052067

Table 1. Summary statistics (Mean and SD) by day for cortisol measures immediately after awakening (0 min), 30 and 45 min later, an aggregate measure of the cortisol awakening response, sleep quality, awakening time and momentary daily life stress and distress aggregated over the day.

Variable Day 1 Day 2 t-test
M SD Min; Max M SD Min; Max
Cortisol 0 min (nmol/L) 10.4 6.1 2.2; 24.5 8.5 3.9 1.8; 15.7 t(19) = 1.5, p = .15
Cortisol +30 min (nmol/L) 13.4 4.9 5.0; 21.5 13.8 5.1 5.2; 23.1 t(19) = 0.2, p = .86
Cortisol +45 min (nmol/L) 13.5 5.9 6.4; 28.5 13.1 6.3 4.2; 31.1 t(19) = 0.3, p = .30
CAR AUCI 99.0 211.0 −262; 551 153.7 186.9 −128; 660 t(19) = 1.1, p = .29
Sleep quality 5.3 2.8 0; 9 5.6 2.7 0; 9 t(21) = 0.8, p = .43
Awakening time (h since midnight) 7.7 0.9 6.1; 8.6 7.6 0.8 6.1; 8.6 t(21) = 1.1, p = .30
ASQ (stress anticipation) 5.7 0.9 4.4; 7.2 6.7 0.9 4.4; 8.0 t(21) = 0.3, p = .79
Daily life stress (aggregate) 1.9 0.9 0.3; 3.3 2.1 1.3 0.3; 4.7 t(22) = 0.7, p = .51
Momentary distress (aggregate) 2.9 1.3 0.8; 5.6 3.1 1.4 0.7; 5.2 t(22) = 0.5, p = .66

Note. CAR AUCI = cortisol awakening response area under the curve increase; ASQ = Anticipatory Stress Questionnaire.

Difference tests are t-tests for paired samples.