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Published in final edited form as: Psychosom Med. 2021 Nov-Dec;83(9):959–968. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000001009

Table 4.

Multilevel fixed effects for physiological measures across drug, timepoint, and drug x timepoint.

Predictors b β S.E. p Lower 95% CI Upper 95% CI
Mean pre-ejection period

Intercept 128.38 .00 10.714 <.001 107.30 149.46
Drug 9.37 .42 3.143 .003 3.19 15.56
TSST Prep −10.75 −.22 2.230 <.001 −15.14 −6.36
TSST Tasks −10.69 −.16 2.214 <.001 −15.05 −6.34
TSST Recovery −1.62 −.02 2.247 .471 −6.04 2.80
Drug x Prep 5.21 .07 3.277 .113 −1.23 11.66
Drug x Tasks 9.68 .13 3.237 .003 3.31 16.05
Drug x Recovery 2.16 .03 3.273 .510 −4.28 8.60
Sex 5.64 .17 2.477 .025 .770 10.52
BMI .67 .06 .905 .465 −1.12 2.45
SES −.89 −.11 .630 .164 −2.13 .36

Log-transformed salivary alpha-amylase

Intercept 1.96 −.00 .833 .021 .32 3.61
Drug −.25 −.25 .203 .220 −.65 .15
Post-TSST T15 (15-min) .20 −.02 .125 .120 −.05 .44
Drug x T15 −.50 −.13 .176 .006 −.85 −.15
Sex .06 .03 .230 .788 −.39 .52
Menses Cycle .03 .04 .077 .713 −.12 .18
BMI −.08 −.11 .066 .258 −.21 .06
SES .10 .19 .048 .049 .00 .19

Mean respiratory sinus arrhythmia

Intercept 11.39 .00 .680 <.001 10.05 12.73
Drug −.24 −.12 .194 .210 −.63 .14
TSST Prep .19 .09 .171 .258 −.14 .53
TSST Tasks .30 .07 .201 .131 −.09 .70
TSST Recovery −.18 −.04 .160 .275 −.49 .14
Drug x Prep .06 .01 .231 .792 −.39 .52
Drug x Tasks −.25 −.05 .242 .305 −.72 .23
Drug x Recovery .14 .03 .228 .548 −.31 .59
Heart rate −.05 −.64 .005 <.001 −.06 −.04
Sex −.26 −.11 .140 .072 −.53 .02
BMI .01 .02 .050 .797 −.09 .11
SES −.05 −.10 .036 .142 −.13 .02

Log-transformed salivary cortisol

Intercept .66 .00 .647 .311 −.61 1.93
Drug .45 .21 .178 .013 .10 .80
Post-TSST T15 (15-min) .87 .43 .132 <.001 .61 1.13
Post-TSST T30 (30-min) .60 .28 .132 <.001 .34 .86
Drug x T15 −.08 −.02 .190 .693 −.45 .30
Drug x T30 −.10 −.03 .190 .611 −.47 .28
Sex .33 .18 .178 .070 −.02 .68
Menses Cycle .00 −.00 .059 .999 −.12 .12
BMI .06 .10 .051 .216 −.04 .16
SES −.01 −.01 .037 .893 −.08 .07

Note: Significant effects (p<.05) are bolded. SEs are with respect to the unstandardized coefficients.