Table 2.
Cortisol parameters and Subjective Appraisal in PAN and HC - Conditions and Groups.
| PAN | HC | ANOVA | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M (SD) | Condition | Condition | Condition | Group | Interaction | ||||||||
| AUC | Rest | Stress | Rest | Stress | F (df) | p | η2 | F | p | η² | F(df) | p | η2 |
| AUCG | 495.65 (266.49) | 634.85 (393.76) | 372.41 (171.98) | 693.12 (330.65) | 39.19 (1, 50) | .000*** | .439 | .086(1, 50) | .770 | .002 | 7.19 (1, 50) | 0.010* | 0.126 |
| AUCI | −25.94 (219.83) | 154.393 (310.68) | 8.94 (114.98) | 312.37 (342.07) | 20.91 (1, 50) | .000*** | .295 | 20.66(1, 50) | .015* | .113 | 2.96 (1,50) | 0.091 | 0.056 |
|
Baseline (t-15 min.) |
11.53 (6.80) | 11.00 (6.00) | 7.49 (3.11) | 8.68 (4.44) | 177 (1, 50) | .676 | .004 | 6.54 (1, 50) | .014* | .116 | 1.22 (1, 50) | 0.274 | 0.024 |
| (t-1 min.) | 10.22 (6.41) | 9.42 (5.21) | 7.12 (3.71) | 7.46 (4.00) | .076 (1, 50) | .784 | .002 | 5.48 (1, 50) | .023* | .099 | .454 (1, 50) | 0.503 | 0.009 |
| Subjective Appraisal | |||||||||||||
| PASA - SI | −1.38 (1.62) | .70 (1.49) | −2.40 (.98) | −.23 (.87) | 120.508 (1, 49) | .000*** | .711 | 10.59 (1, 49) | .002** | .178 | .045 (1, 49) | 0.833 | 0.001 |
| VAS | 37.39 (12.62) | 55.62 (13.49) | 30.49 (10.72) | 54.89 (13.22) | 114.205 (1, 49) | .000*** | .700 | 1.737 (1 49) | .197 | .034 | 2.39 (1, 49) | 0.128 | 0.047 |
PAN all participants with Anorexia nervosa, HC healthy controls, M Mean, SD standard deviation, AUCG area under the curve with respect to the ground, AUCI area under the curve in respect to the increase, PASA primary appraisal secondary appraisal, VAS visual analogue scale.
*p ≤ 0.05; **p ≤ 0.01; ***p ≤ 0.001.