. 2015 Apr 16;100(6):2239–2247. doi: 10.1210/jc.2014-4353

Table 1.

Mean ± SE of preintervention age, BMI, Wheaton Chronic Stress score, MIST-induced cortisol response, total cortisol output (AUC) during the MIST visit, and naltrexone-induced cortisol and nausea response for the sucrose and aspartame intervention groups

Preintervention measure	Sucrose (n = 11)	Aspartame (n = 8)	P value
Age, y	27.2 ± 2.0	26.5 ± 2.4	.829
BMI, kg/m²	25.7 ± 1.0	25.8 ± 1.2	.932
Wheaton Chronic Stress Score	17.7 ± 2.3	16.8 ± 2.7	.784
MIST-induced cortisol response, nmol/L Δ^a	2.3 ± 1.6	1.0 ± 1.9	.971
Total cortisol output (AUC) during the MIST visit, nmol/Lmin	121.4 ± 13.2	130.0 ± 15.4	.660
Naltrexone-induced cortisol response, nmol/L Δ^a	0.15 ± 0.13	0.10 ± 0.31	.878
Naltrexone-induced nausea response rating^a	0.50 ± 0.31	1.17 ± 0.40	.207

For testing differences in Δ cortisol and nausea, the pretask (ie, MIST; naltrexone) value was included as an independent variable in the statistical model.