Table 2.

Cognitive profile on the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test (HVLT) as a function of perceived stress.

	Perceived Stress
Domain	Lower (n=20) M (SE)	Higher (n=18) M (SE)	β	p-value	Cohen d (95%CI)
Verbal learning domain z-score	0.13 (0.13)	−0.14 (0.22)	−0.14	0.38	−0.29 (−0.93 to 0.35)
Trial 1	6.26 (0.37)	5.83 (0.40)	−0.13	0.43	−0.26 (−0.90 to 0.38)
Total Learning	24.23 (0.96)	22.97 (1.02)	−0.14	0.37	−0.30 (−0.94 to 0.34)
Verbal memory domain z-score	0.37 (0.19)	−0.41 (0.20)	−0.42	0.005	−1.05 (−1.72 to −0.37)
Delay free recall	8.87 (0.53)	7.03 (0.56)	−0.36	0.02	−0.86 (−1.52 to −0.19)
Retention	92.61 (4.24)	78.04 (4.47)	−0.36	0.02	−0.85 (−1.51 to −0.18)
Retrieval index	2.21 (0.44)	4.21 (0.46)	−0.45	0.002	−1.21 (−1.90 to −0.51)
Recognition	10.10 (0.56)	10.45 (0.59)	0.07	0.67	0.14 (−0.50 to 0.78)
Clustering domain z-score	0.29 (0.16)	−0.32 (0.17)	−0.38	0.01	−0.91 (−1.58 to −0.24)
Trial 1 cluster score	1.71 (0.23)	1.15 (0.25)	−0.25	0.09	−0.57 (−1.22 to 0.07)
Immediate total cluster score	7.49 (0.83)	5.29 (0.88)	−0.28	0.07	−0.63 (−1.28 to 0.02)
Delay cluster score	3.89 (0.51)	2.01 (0.54)	−0.38	0.01	−0.92 (−1.59 to −0.25)

Note. All models control for age. CI=Confidence Interval. Z-scores were first computed for individual tests from raw scores in the present study sample and then averaged to create each composite index.