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

Table 3.

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 gender, and subsequent stressa.

Stress type Patients At-risk Controls

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






t0 –0.36 (–0.43 to –0.29) <.001c –0.35 (–0.44 to –0.27) <.001c –0.29 (–0.37 to –0.21) <.001c

t1 0.07 (–0.01 to 0.15) .08 –0.02 (–0.11 to 0.08) .74 0.01 (–0.08 to 0.10) .82

Age –0.003 (–0.01 to 0.004) .45 0.01 (0.002 to 0.02) .01 0.01 (0.004 to 0.02) .001

Gender –0.11 (–0.26 to 0.04) .16 0.06 (–0.14 to 0.27) .55 0.01 (–0.14 to 0.17) 0.87

Subsequent stress –0.54 (–0.61 to –0.47) <.001c –0.37 (–0.46 to –0.28) <.001c –0.39 (–0.48 to –0.30) <.001c
Activity-related stressd






t0 –0.49 (–0.60 to –0.38) <.001c –0.54 (–0.68 to –0.40) <.001c –0.61 (–0.75 to –0.47) <.001c

t1 –0.07 (–0.19 to 0.05) .23 –0.07 (–0.23 to 0.10) .42 –0.08 (–0.23 to 0.07) .28

t2 0.07 (–0.06 to 0.19) .30 –0.03 (–0.19 to 0.14) .74 –0.07 (–0.23 to 0.08) .35

Age –0.001 (–0.01 to 0.01) .90 0.01 (0.003 to 0.02) .008 0.009 (0.0002 to 0.02) .04

Gender –0.21 (–0.41 to –0.01) .04 0.06 (–0.19 to 0.31) .65 0.07 (–0.15 to 0.29) .54

Subsequent stress –0.58 (–0.73 to –0.44) <.001c –0.66 (–0.87 to –0.45) <.001c –0.60 (–0.80 to –0.40) <.001c
Composite stress measure






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

t1 0.03 (–0.04 to 0.11) .42 –0.03 (–0.11 to 0.06) .53 0.02 (–0.06 to 0.10) .58

t2 0.08 (0.01 to 0.16) .04 0.02 (–0.07 to 0.10) .72 –0.02 (–0.10 to 0.06) .65

Age –0.001 (–0.01 to 0.01) .69 0.01 (0.003 to 0.02) .004 0.01 (0.003 to 0.02) .003

Gender –0.11 (–0.26 to 0.04) .15 0.073 (–0.119 to 0.265) .45 –0.003 (–0.155 to 0.148) .966

Subsequent stress –0.53 (–0.60 to –0.47) <.001c –0.40 (–0.48 to –0.32) <.001c –0.47 (–0.54 to –0.39) <.001c

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.