Table 2. Associations between the cortisol time course and anthropometric, demographic, lifestyle, and experimental control factors.
| Main effect time | Interaction time × control variable | Main effect control variable | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control variable | p | ηp2 | p | ηp2 | p | ηp2 |
| Sex | <0.001 | 0.39 | 0.005 | 0.07 | 0.781 | 0.001 |
| Age | <0.001 | 0.39 | 0.014 | 0.05 | 0.166 | 0.02 |
| BMI | 0.00001 | 0.17 | 0.328 | 0.04 | 0.638 | 0.02 |
| Education | 0.00002 | 0.14 | 0.050 | 0.15 | 0.141 | 0.14 |
| Profession | <0.001 | 0.21 | 0.137 | 0.11 | 0.332 | 0.09 |
| Smoking | 0.0002 | 0.11 | 0.019 | 0.05 | 0.061 | 0.04 |
| Caffeine | 0.000002 | 0.28 | 0.769 | 0.01 | 0.062 | 0.08 |
| Alcohol | <0.001 | 0.34 | 0.687 | 0.004 | 0.380 | 0.01 |
| Oral contraceptives | 0.00006 | 0.26 | 0.462 | 0.01 | 0.491 | 0.01 |
| Physical activity | <0.001 | 0.35 | 0.715 | 0.01 | 0.815 | 0.01 |
| Chronic stress | <0.001 | 0.37 | 0.324 | 0.01 | 0.660 | 0.002 |
| Time of day | 0.005 | 0.42 | 0.064 | 0.19 | 0.38 | 0.48 |
| SECPT-G performance | <0.001 | 0.30 | 0.792 | 0.002 | 0.865 | 0.0003 |