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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 13.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Obes (Lond). 2020 Mar 13;44(7):1586–1595. doi: 10.1038/s41366-020-0562-2

Figure 2. Comparison of probable confounders to energy balance during the holiday period.

Figure 2.

(a) The Seasonal Pattern Assessment Questionnaire (SPAQ) was used to measure markers of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), rated on a total scale of 0 to 24, with higher numbers indicating SAD. There were no differences in SPAQ scores between the pre-holiday (V1) and the holiday period (V4), indicating no SAD. (b) An average of salivary cortisol samples collected on three consecutive weekdays, were not different between the holiday (the week following V1) and pre-holiday period (the week following V4), indicating no differences in stress levels. *p<0.05. Data are represented as mean ± SEM. A paired t-test was used to make the comparisons.