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Published in final edited form as: Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2011 May 20;36(10):1540–1552. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.04.008

Table 2.

Startle magnitude across groups and dexamethasone (DEX) treatment conditions across the three blocks of conditioning.

Startle magnitude (μV)	PTSD (n = 33)		No-PTSD (n = 67)
Startle magnitude (μV)	No DEX TMT (n = 16)	DEX TMT (n = 17)	No DEX TMT (n = 38)	DEX TMT (n = 29)
Block 1
Noise alone (M, SE)	131.71 (27.0)	69.82 (26.2)^‡	72.43 (17.5)	74.05 (20.1)
CS+ (M, SE)	164.84 (31.2)^†	100.39 (30.3)^†	113.83 (20.3)^†	107.08 (23.2)^†
CS− (M, SE)	190.54 (32.0)	104.45 (31.1)	107.65 (20.8)	116.85 (23.8)
Block 2
Noise alone (M, SE)	104.34 (21.1)	59.89 (20.5)	58.52 (13.7)	65.31 (15.7)
CS+ (M, SE)	182.53 (30.4)^†	96.32 (29.5)^†,^‡	112.70 (19.7)^†	102.29 (22.6)^†
CS− (M, SE)	171.70 (30.1)	94.59 (29.2)	83.39 (19.5)^*	91.93 (22.4)
Block 3
Noise alone (M, SE)	99.41 (23.0)	51.75 (22.3)	51.62 (14.9)	46.05 (17.1)
CS+ (M, SE)	183.92 (30.4)^†	79.90 (29.8)^†,^‡	80.36 (19.9)^†,^*	91.81 (22.8)^†
CS− (M, SE)	138.31 (23.3)	72.85 (22.6)	58.11 (15.1)^*	58.81 (17.3)

^*

Diagnostic group effect, p < 0.05.

^†

Trial type effect (CS+ vs. NA), p < 0.05.

^‡

DEX treatment effect, p < 0.05.