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. 2016 Aug 29;7:1303. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01303

Table 1.

Differences in state measurements, questionnaire responses, and temporal discounting between fed and fasted states.

Fed Mean(SD) Fasted Mean(SD) Wilcoxon z statistic N pa
STATE MEASUREMENTS
Hunger 0.2 (0.15) 0.6 (0.17) 5.012 33 <0.001
Glucose (mmol/liter) 5.1 (0.59) 4.8 (0.47) −2.918 46 0.004
Time since last meal (hours) 1.9 (1.80) 12.8 (2.00) 5.639 42 <0.001
Time to next meal (hours) 2.4 (0.95) 1.5 (0.70) −3.921 42 <0.001
DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, AND STRESS SCALE (DASS)
Total 6.2 (4.90) 6.3 (4.94) 1.061 46 0.289
Depression 1.5 (1.52) 1.4 (1.50) −0.698 46 0.485
Anxiety 1.4 (1.89) 1.3 (1.48) 0.212 46 0.832
Stress 3.3 (2.50) 3.6 (3.08) 0.858 46 0.391
DELAYING GRATIFICATION INVENTORY (DGI)
Total 136.4 (12.47) 134.5 (12.32) −1.717 45 0.086
Achievement 29.5 (3.85) 29.3 (4.33) −0.459 45 0.646
Food 24.9 (4.42) 24.5 (4.73) −0.657 45 0.511
Money 29.1 (4.38) 28.6 (4.37) −1.481 45 0.139
Physical 25.7 (3.64) 25.1 (3.95) −1.396 45 0.163
Social 27.3 (2.87) 27.0 (2.92) −0.783 45 0.434
BARRATT IMPULSIVENESS SCALE (BIS-11)
Total 44.0 (9.22) 45.8 (8.27) 1.254 45 0.210
Attention 12.1 (2.86) 12.3 (2.80) 0.108 45 0.914
Motor 18.8 (4.08) 19.8 (3.49) 1.795 45 0.073
Non-planning 13.2 (4.08) 13.7 (3.82) 0.972 45 0.331
a

Uncorrected p-values.