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. 2019 Aug 13;7:e7521. doi: 10.7717/peerj.7521

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