Table 1.
Contribution of the major variables to salivary cortisol response in TSST using multivariate meta-regression.
| Coefficient | SE | z | 95% CI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speech topics | ||||
| Job interview topic (reference group) | ||||
| Other speech topics | -0.56 | 0.31 | -1.77 | (-1.18, 0.07) |
| Sex | ||||
| Male (reference group) | ||||
| Female | -0.51 | 0.10 | -5.13 *** | (-0.71, -0.31) |
| Speech topics * Sex | ||||
| Other speech topics: female | 0.23 | 0.39 | 0.58 | (-0.56, 1.01) |
| Intercept | 1.13 | 0.06 | 19.23 *** | (1.01, 1.25) |
Notes: The reference group was set for avoiding collinearity. The significance threshold was corrected by Bonferroni method. * indicates p < .0125, ** indicates p < .0025, *** indicates p < .00025.