Subjective, autonomic, and endocrine stress response in Experiment I
| Control | Stress | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carriers | Noncarriers | Carriers | Noncarriers | |
| Subjective assessment | ||||
| Stressful | 27.62 ± 2.25 | 28.80 ± 4.01 | 69.89 ± 2.08 | 71.11 ± 4.36*** |
| Difficult | 28.51 ± 2.31 | 29.60 ± 4.34 | 76.00 ± 2.13 | 73.33 ± 3.40*** |
| Unpleasant | 29.50 ± 2.45 | 27.60 ± 4.25 | 74.78 ± 2.17 | 71.39 ± 4.39*** |
| Subjective mood | ||||
| Good vs bad mood | ||||
| Before treatment | 32.65 ± 0.46 | 32.48 ± 0.77 | 33.44 ± 0.44 | 34.14 ± 0.71 |
| 1 min after treatment | 32.35 ± 0.51 | 31.76 ± 0.98 | 26.80 ± 0.69 | 26.28 ± 1.22*** |
| 65 min after treatment | 31.19 ± 0.55 | 31.12 ± 1.02 | 29.93 ± 0.65 | 31.61 ± 0.98 |
| Calm vs restless | ||||
| Before treatment | 30.68 ± 0.59 | 30.68 ± 0.92 | 31.23 ± 0.52 | 31.69 ± 0.96 |
| 1 min after treatment | 30.19 ± 0.56 | 29.72 ± 1.10 | 23.22 ± 0.63 | 24.06 ± 1.23*** |
| 65 min after treatment | 31.16 ± 0.57 | 31.12 ± 1.02 | 29.60 ± 0.65 | 32.06 ± 0.95 |
| Tired vs awake | ||||
| Before treatment | 29.52 ± 0.59 | 28.00 ± 1.21 | 30.21 ± 0.68 | 31.06 ± 1.02 |
| 1 min after treatment | 29.07 ± 0.65 | 27.48 ± 1.28 | 29.36 ± 0.64 | 30.03 ± 0.99 |
| 65 min after treatment | 22.85 ± 0.68 | 23.88 ± 1.39 | 22.88 ± 0.68 | 23.89 ± 1.36 |
| Systolic blood pressure (bpm) | ||||
| Before treatment | 133.02 ± 1.85 | 135.68 ± 3.50 | 132.87 ± 1.93 | 129.99 ± 2.84 |
| During treatment | 135.68 ± 1.74 | 137.98 ± 3.60 | 157.73 ± 2.05 | 160.36 ± 3.02*** |
| 5 min after treatment | 131.05 ± 1.69 | 134.90 ± 4.20 | 139.22 ± 1.76 | 137.59 ± 2.41* |
| 45 min after treatment | 127.35 ± 1.59 | 133.06 ± 3.45 | 129.72 ± 1.73 | 126.76 ± 3.23 |
| 65 min after treatment | 128.95 ± 1.62 | 132-94 ± 3.23 | 130.49 ± 1.66 | 130.56 ± 2.53 |
| Diastolic blood pressure (bpm) | ||||
| Before treatment | 76.30 ± 0.82 | 76.88 ± 1.75 | 76.21 ± 0.92 | 75.79 ± 1.51 |
| During treatment | 80.93 ± 0.79 | 81.22 ± 2.16 | 94.62 ± 1.42 | 94.72 ± 1.92*** |
| 5 min after treatment | 77.87 ± 0.73 | 77.20 ± 1.80 | 81.02 ± 0.95 | 82.77 ± 1.52** |
| 45 min after treatment | 75.23 ± 0.68 | 75.84 ± 1.65 | 76.56 ± 0.90 | 78.11 ± 1.42 |
| 65 min after treatment | 76.70 ± 0.69 | 77.26 ± 1.69 | 76.89 ± 0.91 | 76.82 ± 1.33 |
| Salivary cortisol (nmol/l) | ||||
| Before treatment | 5.16 ± 0.46 | 5.60 ± 0.67 | 5.32 ± 0.42 | 6.16 ± 0.70 |
| 5 min after treatment | 4.69 ± 0.35 | 5.71 ± 0.85 | 9.62 ± 0.72 | 11.25 ± 1.27*** |
| 15 min after treatment | 4.06 ± 0.27 | 4.57 ± 0.64 | 12.33 ± 0.97 | 13.71 ± 1.50*** |
| 25 min after treatment | 3.51 ± 0.22 | 4.00 ± 0.49 | 9.67 ± 0.79 | 10.36 ± 1.09*** |
| 65 min after treatment | 2.93 ± 0.16 | 3.13 ± 0.39 | 4.74 ± 0.30 | 5.11 ± 0.43*** |
Data represent means ± SEM. bpm, beats per minute. Stress versus control ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05.