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. 2022 Nov 23;9(11):e37394. doi: 10.2196/37394

Table 2.

Within-group analysis of all stress measures comparing positive affect at baseline (t–1) with time points t0 (stress reactivity), t1, and t2 (all groups recovered) adjusted for age and gendera.

Stress type Patients At-risk Controls

b (CI) P value b (CI) P value b (CI) P value
Event-related stressb







t0 –0.35 (–0.43 to –0.28) <.001c –0.34 (–0.43 to –0.26) <.001c –0.27 (–0.35 to –0.19) <.001c

t1 –0.06 (–0.13 to 0.02) .16 –0.08 (–0.16 to 0.02) .10 –0.04 (–0.13 to 0.04) .32

Age –0.002 (–0.01 to 0.01) .52 0.01 (0.002 to 0.02) .01c 0.01 (0.004 to 0.02) .001c

Gender –0.13 (–0.28 to 0.03) .11 0.06 (–0.14 to 0.27) .56 0.001 (–0.16 to 0.16) .99
Activity-related stressd







t0 –0.49 (–0.60 to –0.38) <.001c –0.54 (–0.68 to –0.40) <.001c –0.60 (–0.74 to –0.46) <.001c

t1 –0.14 (–0.26 to –0.02) .02c –0.17 (–0.33 to –0.02) .03 –0.15 (–0.30 to 0.001) .05

t2 0.008 (–0.12 to 0.13) .90 –0.09 (–0.25 to 0.07) .27 –0.09 (–0.24 to 0.06) .25

Age –0.0004 (–0.01 to 0.01) .92 0.01 (0.004 to 0.02) .005c 0.009 (0.001 to 0.02) .03

Gender –0.22 (–0.42 to –0.02) .03 0.05 (–0.21 to 0.30) .72 0.07 (–0.16 to 0.29) .55
Composite stress measure







t0 –0.38 (–0.45 to –0.31) <.001c –0.38 (–0.46 to –0.30) <.001c –0.32 (–0.40 to –0.25) <.001c

t1 –0.11 (–0.19 to –0.04) .004c –0.11 (–0.20 to –0.03) .01 –0.07 (–0.15 to 0.01) .10

t2 –0.02 (–0.09 to 0.06) .66 –0.05 (–0.14 to 0.03) .23 –0.09 (–0.18 to –0.01) .03

Age –0.001 (–0.01 to 0.01) .71 0.01 (0.004 to 0.02) .003c 0.01 (0.003 to 0.02) .002c

Gender –0.12 (–0.27 to 0.03) .12 0.07 (–0.12 to 0.27) .47 –0.01 (–0.17 to 0.14) .88

aTime point t–1 (ie, baseline) serves as reference category; effect of female gender is depicted.

bMissing cases: nindividuals=30; nprompts=1182.

cSignificant after Simes correction.

dMissing cases: nindividuals=348; nprompts=7680.