Table 4.

Perceived stress and cortisol concentrations in women from the CDR+ and CDR− intervention groups^a.

	CDR+ (n=29)			CDR− (n=31)			p
	T = 0 week	T = 4 weeks	T = 16 weeks	T = 0 week	T = 4 weeks	T = 16 weeks	Group	Time	Group ∗ time
Perceived stress	14.2 ± 4.9	11.7 ± 6.3	11.6 ± 5.6	15.6 ± 5.5	13.9 ± 6.4	14.1 ± 5.1	0.1571	0.0002	0.6845
AUC of salivary cortisol (nmol/L/min)†	320.0 ± 140.7	322.8 ± 184.8	—	342.1 ± 168.3	328.3 ± 154.5	—	0.6815	0.6083	0.6309

CDR+, with experimentally induced cognitive dietary restraint; CDR−, without experimentally induced cognitive dietary restraint; AUC, area under the curve. ^aAll values are means ± SD. ^†Analyses were performed on log transformed values.