Table 1.
The Relation Between Daily Psychosocial Stress and Vasoconstrictor Responsiveness to Norepinephrine
| Stress Process | Mean | Maximal Vasoconstriction (%base) | Cumulative Vasoconstriction (AU) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slope | y‐Intercept | R 2 | P Value | Slope | y‐Intercept | R 2 | P Value | ||
| Stressor severity (range 0–3) | 2.1±0.2 | −5.7 | 85.2 | 0.07 | 0.32 | 28.6 | 125.6 | 0.01 | 0.82 |
| Stressor‐related rumination (range 0–3) | 1.9±0.2 | 2.5 | 67.3 | 0.02 | 0.61 | 144.5 | −97.0 | 0.14 | 0.13 |
| Amount of control over stressor (range 0–3) | 1.7±0.2 | −1.6 | 73.6 | 0.01 | 0.71 | 46.0 | 39.5 | 0.01 | 0.70 |
| Stressor‐related negative emotions (range 0–3) | 1.2±0.2 | 4.3 | 65.8 | 0.04 | 0.43 | 221.4 | −142.9 | 0.14 | 0.13 |
| Negative affect (range 0–4) | 1.0±0.2 | 4.6 | 66.1 | 0.06 | 0.31 | 243.4 | −135.3 | 0.24 | 0.04 |
| Positive affect (range 0–4) | 3.0±0.1 | −13.4 | 110.6 | 0.14 | 0.12 | −342.7 | 1132.0 | 0.12 | 0.15 |
| No. of daily physical symptoms | 0.7±0.1 | 5.9 | 66.5 | 0.05 | 0.38 | 250.4 | −67.8 | 0.12 | 0.16 |
Data are mean±SE. AU indicates arbitrary units.