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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Trauma Stress. 2018 Jul 30;31(4):579–590. doi: 10.1002/jts.22302

Table 3.

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Group Comparisons Within Low, Ambiguous, and High Threat Conditions for Heart Rate, Skin Conductance, and Electromyogram

Heart Rate
Skin Conductance
Electromyogram
Difference 95% CI d Difference 95% CI d Difference 95% CI d
Low threat
 Past vs. none 0.27 [−0.86, 1.40] 0.09 0.08 [−0.02, 0.17] 0.31 0.44 [−0.45, 1.32] 0.18
 Current vs. none 1.62 [.53, 2.72] 0.53 0.07 [−.02, .16] 0.30 0.12 [−.72, .95] 0.05
 Current vs. past 1.35 [−.04, 2.74] 0.40 0.01 [−0.12, 0.11] −0.03 −0.32 [−1.39, .75] −0.13
Ambiguous threat
 Past vs. none −0.11 [−1.24, 1.02] −0.04 0.05 [−0.05, 0.14] 0.24 0.49 [−0.40, 1.37] 0.19
 Current vs. none 1.90 [0.81, 3.00] 0.51 0.09 [0.00, 0.18] 0.37 0.08 [−0.75, 0.92] 0.03
 Current vs. past 2.01 [0.63, 3.39] 0.52 0.04 [−0.07, 0.16] 0.19 −0.40 [−1.47, 0.66] −0.17
High threat
 Past vs. none 0.05 [−1.08, 1.17] 0.01 0.08 [−0.01, 0.17] 0.35 0.79 [−0.10, 1.68] 0.31
 Current vs. none 1.16 [0.07, 2.24] 0.29 0.07 [−0.02, 0.15] 0.28 −0.01 [−0.85, 0.82] 0.00
 Current vs. past 1.11 [−0.27, 2.49] 0.28 0.00 [−0.13, 0.10] −0.07 −0.80 [−1.87, 0.26] −0.31