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 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |