Table 2.
Descriptive statistics of AUC hormone levels (day 1 and 2) and intrusive memories (day 1–7 and 2–7).
| Day 1 | Day 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Cortisol, nmol/l | 72.8 | 29.3 | 90.1 | 42.9 |
| Testosterone, pg/ml | 210.6 | 161.2 | 314.8 | 422.0 |
| Progesterone, pg/mla | 2860.7 | 7580.3 | 925.9 | 772.1 |
| Estradiol, pg/ml |
46.5 |
25.1 |
44.0 |
27.4 |
| Day 1–7 | Day 2–7 | |||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Intrusion frequency | 5.3 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
| Median | IQR | Median | IQR | |
| Intrusion distressb | 4.0 | 2.8, 6.4 | 3.2 | 2.1, 6.3 |
| Intrusion vividnessb | 5.5 | 4.0, 6.8 | 4.5 | 3.0, 6.4 |
Note:
a
Median progesterone levels did not differ significantly for day 1 and day 2; mean differences were driven by single individuals.
b
Intrusion distress and vividness are indexed on a scale from 1 ‘not at all’ to 10 ‘extremely’.