Table 5.

Regression coefficients (betas) for the models (containing an asthma group difference regressor, a mood factor regressor and an interaction term) applied to the total cohort of individuals measured in this study (n = 93). N.B. Metacognitive sensitivity (logMratio) was fit using a hierarchical regression model combined with a mcmc sampling procedure, and thus the highest density interval (HDI) is presented instead of a p-value.

	Asthma coefficient	T statistic	P value (or HDI)	Partial R-squared
Filter detection task:
Number of filters (sensitivity)	-0.05	-0.26	0.797	< 0.01
Decision bias	-0.02	-0.29	0.769	< 0.01
Average confidence	3.91	2.14	0.036*	0.05
Metacognitive sensitivity	0.11	NA	(− 0.12:0.35)	NA
Attention network task:
Alerting score	0.63	0.13	0.901	< 0.01
Orienting score	-0.40	-0.07	0.944	< 0.01
Executive score	10.35	1.11	0.269	0.01
Visual Dot Probe Task:
Breathlessness interference score	-0.69	-0.17	0.866	< 0.01
	‘Mood’ coefficient	T statistic	P value(or HDI)	Partial R-squared
Filter detection task:
Number of filters (sensitivity)	0.03	0.15	0.882	< 0.01
Decision bias	-0.07	-1.18	0.242	0.02
Average confidence	-6.83	-3.43	0.001*	0.13
Metacognitive sensitivity	-0.29	NA	(− 0.57:− 0.02)*	NA
Attention network task:
Alerting score	0.28	0.05	0.959	< 0.01
Orienting score	-15.19	-2.48	0.015*	0.06
Executive score	5.74	0.58	0.566	< 0.01
Visual Dot Probe Task:
Breathlessness interference score	6.44	1.47	0.145	0.02
	Interaction coefficient	T statistic	P value (or HDI)	Partial R-squared
Filter detection task:
Number of filters (sensitivity)	-0.07	-0.27	0.790	< 0.01
Decision bias	0.10	1.47	0.146	0.03
Average confidence	3.83	1.62	0.108	0.03
Metacognitive sensitivity	> 0.01	NA	(− 0.32:0.33)	NA
Attention network task:
Alerting score	-13.03	-1.97	0.052	0.04
Orienting score	8.02	1.08	0.284	0.13
Executive score	8.40	0.69	0.491	0.01
Visual Dot Probe Task:
Breathlessness interference score	-7.74	-1.45	0.151	0.02

^*Significance was taken at p < 0.05 (or a 95% HDI that does not span zero (two-tailed)).