Table 1.
Summary of demographic and baseline characteristics of participants across condition.
| Baseline variable | Scrambled | Landscape | p |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) M (SD) | 27.53 (8.83) | 26.87 (5.41) | 0.805a |
| Gender (%) | 0.439b | ||
| Female | 11 (73%) | 9 (60%) | |
| Male | 4 (27%) | 6 (40%) | |
| Ethnicity (%) | 1.000b | ||
| NZ European | 6 (60%) | 6 (60%) | |
| Non-European | 9 (40%) | 9 (40%) | |
| BMI M (SD) | 24.50 (4.31) | 25.28 (4.70) | 0.640a |
| Exercise days/week, M (SD) | 4.07 (1.75) | 4.00 (2.20) | 0.928a |
| Baseline salivary cortisol (nmol/L), M (SD) | 3.61 (2.44) | 4.01 (5.15) | 0.778a |
| Baseline salivary alpha amylase (U/ml), M (SD) | 81.92 (99.00) | 44.49 (51.18) | 0.204a |
M, mean; SD, standard deviation; %, percentage of participants in that category.
p was calculated by independent samples t testsa and Chi-square testsb.