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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2015 May 7;59:14–24. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2015.04.022

Table 1.

Behavioral Measures at Study Day – Post MIST

High E2 (n=10) Low E2 (n=10) E2Phase Groups High Distress (n=14) Low Distress (n=14) Distress Groups
Mean SD Mean SD p Mean SD Mean SD p
Post SACL – Stress 6.50 5.52 13.90 5.00 0.01 5.50 4.43 14.64 2.73 <0.001
Post SACL – Arousal 8.20 3.01 8.80 2.70 0.64 6.86 3.44 9.00 2.25 0.60
POMS Tension 8.80 7.28 15.10 7.46 0.07 6.57 3.96 16.93 7.15 <0.001
POMS Depression 2.40 2.22 6.90 7.37 0.08 2.21 1.76 9.86 12.29 0.03
POMS Anger 4.10 3.63 8.20 9.92 0.24 2.71 3.24 8.21 8.68 0.04
POMS Fatigue 5.90 5.04 5.30 3.50 0.76 5.36 4.73 6.07 4.95 0.70
POMS Confusion 6.90 2.69 9.10 5.30 0.26 6.00 3.59 10.29 5.77 0.03
POMS Vigor 11.70 5.66 10.90 7.00 0.78 10.43 6.20 10.29 6.27 0.95
POMS Total-‘TMD’ 16.30 14.04 33.20 29.67 0.12 12.00 13.97 41.07 32.95 0.01
STVAS - Personally Involved 83.30 17.29 81.40 22.76 0.84 77.21 22.99 87.93 10.47 0.12
STVAS – Stressful 86.20 8.99 87.80 11.32 0.73 83.43 9.81 90.29 8.70 0.06
STVAS – New 65.20 31.88 71.00 24.83 0.66 65.79 38.43 71.50 23.45 0.63
STVAS – Uncontrollable 69.50 10.32 73.90 16.11 0.48 66.29 14.77 72.86 24.65 0.40
STVAS – Unpredictable 68.20 28.75 73.40 13.97 0.61 67.50 23.12 72.07 17.75 0.56
STVAS - Negative Consequences 32.20 24.81 60.50 37.41 0.06 41.14 26.75 52.07 36.30 0.37
Distress 4.60 6.95 11.70 5.38 0.02 2.93 3.85 14.00 2.45 <0.001

E2 pg/mL 103.52 34.09 24.91 9.17 <0.001 74.49 40.93 43.47 35.26 0.04

E2 =Estradiol

STAI = State and Trait Anxiety Inventory

SACL = Stress and Arousal Checklist

POMS = Profile of Mood States

STVAS = Stress Task Visual Analogue Scale

Distress = Post SACL Stress – Pre SACL Stress