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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Psychophysiol. 2021 Feb 6;162:60–68. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2021.01.015

Table 1:

Summary of Autonomic Indices During the Trier Social Stress Test Across 4 Studies

Study Task
Period
IBI RSA PEP
M SD M SD M SD
1 Baseline 921.6 130.1 6.98 1.37 117.6 20.3
Prep 724.8 123.1 6.91 1.61 103.3 21.7
Speech 744.4 124.5 6.96 1.81 107.4 21.9
Math 758.6 123.9 6.97 1.77 106.6 21.4
Recovery 860.3 125.9 7.79 2.03 114.1 22.3
2 Baseline 897.2 124.0 6.69 1.26 118.8 15.0
Prep 784.3 127.9 6.30 1.27 112.5 18.4
Speech 759.0 107.9 6.19 1.17 110.0 17.8
Q&A 784.0 111.4 6.17 1.12 115.7 16.7
Recovery 819.9 131.6 6.46 1.19 116.5 16.1
3 Baseline 871.3 134.8 6.55 1.04 115.4 14.7
Prep 725.8 133.8 6.14 1.17 102.2 17.2
Speech 692.3 115.2 5.91 1.09 100.9 17.5
Q&A 742.9 120.6 6.02 1.20 107.2 18.5
Recovery 835.6 130.3 6.33 1.15 109.1 17.1
4 Baseline 923.5 157.6 6.63 1.16 125.1 13.4
Prep 697.5 143.6 5.83 1.18 110.1 13.4
Speech 710.5 142.0 6.09 1.06 113.9 12.5
Math 743.8 152.4 6.21 1.04 114.2 12.8
Recovery 833.4 156.5 6.26 1.10 121.3 12.7

Note: IBI = interbeat interval (milliseconds), RSA = respiratory sinus arrhythmia (ln[ms2]), PEP = pre-ejection period (milliseconds)