TABLE 4.

Adjusted moderation analyses with loneliness as a predictor and psychological and physical health and cortisol indexes as dependent variables in males and females.

Dependent variable: Psychological health
ΔR2 interaction = 0.130 F = 15.361, df (1,2) = 1, 70 p < 0.001 LLCI = 0.183 ULCI = 0.563
Sex	Effect	SE	t	p	LLCI	ULCI
Males	–0.581	0.136	–4.284	< 0.001**	–0.851	–0.310
Females	0.162	0.143	1.129	0.263	–0.124	0.447
Dependent variable: Physical health
ΔR2 interaction = 0.002 F = 0.153, df (1,2) = 1, 69 p = 0.697 LLCI = −0.173 ULCI = 0.258
Sex	Effect	SE	t	p	LLCI	ULCI
Males	–0.177	0.154	–1.155	0.252	–0.484	0.129
Females	–0.093	0.162	–0.576	0.567	–0.417	0.230
Dependent variable: CAR(1 outlier)
ΔR2 interaction = 0.011 F = 1.038, df (1,2) = 1, 54 p = 0.313 LLCI = −0.638 ULCI = 0.208
Sex	Effect	SE	t	p	LLCI	ULCI
Males	0.008	0.153	0.051	0.960	–0.299	0.315
Females	–0.207	0.152	–1.360	0.180	–0.513	0.098
Dependent variable: DCS
ΔR2 interaction = 0.001 F = 0.039, df (1,2) = 1, 67 p = 0.844 LLCI = −0.255 ULCI = 0.209
Sex	Effect	SE	t	p	LLCI	ULCI
Males	–0.093	0.165	–0.559	0.578	–0.423	0.238
Females	–0.138	0.176	–0.783	0.436	–0.489	0.214
Dependent variable: Bedtime
ΔR2 interaction = 0.016 F = 1.219, df (1,2) = 1, 68 p = 0.274 LLCI = −0.362 ULCI = 0.104
Sex	Effect	SE	t	p	LLCI	ULCI
Males	0.185	0.166	1.116	0.269	–0.146	0.517
Females	–0.071	0.177	–0.399	0.691	–0.424	0.283

Note. CAR, cortisol awakening response; DCS, diurnal cortisol slope. **p < 0.01. Values for quantitative moderators are the mean and plus/minus one SD from mean.