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Table 3 Current Stress Test (CST) and Spielberger State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)

From: Sex differences in stress and immune responses during confinement in Antarctica

 

CST morning

CST evening

STAI state

STAI trait

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

BDC

2.2 ± 0.55

2.4 ± 0.73

2.2 ± 0.79

2.1 ± 0.90

30.0 ± 4.1

32.4 ± 9.9

35.3 ± 6.3

33.8 ± 7.9

February

2.5 ± 1.11

2.7 ± 0.96

2.3 ± 0.99

2.1 ± 0.90

36.4 ± 9.5

36.4 ± 9.6

34.7 ± 7.7

32.6 ± 9.2

March

2.3 ± 0.73

2.3 ± 0.59

2.2 ± 0.94

2.3 ± 0.86

31.2 ± 6.8

32.7 ± 6.4

31.1 ± 6.8

30.9 ± 8.1

April

2.1 ± 0.54

2.7 ± 1.13

2.6 ± 0.76

2.6 ± 1.17

31.7 ± 6.0

36.6 ± 10.8

29.9 ± 4.7

32.3 ± 9.5

May

2.5 ± 1.12

2.2 ± 1.08

2.5 ± 1.28

2.4 ± 1.02

37.6 ± 12.1

33.6 ± 9.7

32.0 ± 7.4

30.9 ± 10.0

June

2.3 ± 0.79

2.4 ± 1.18

2.1 ± 0.71

2.4 ± 1.19

34.4 ± 7.9

33.3 ± 10.6

30.8 ± 7.3

31.7 ± 11.6

July

2.5 ± 1.1

2.4 ± 0.78

2.4 ± 1.0

2.3 ± 0.96

36.3 ± 12.1

34.9 ± 9.3

31.7 ± 6.7

32.3 ± 10.0

August

2.5 ± 1.17

2.3 ± 1.14

2.5 ± 1.23

2.1 ± 0.95

33.4 ± 10.0

34.2 ± 12.0

32.1 ± 8.4

31.6 ± 10.0

September

2.1 ± 0.82

2.3 ± 1.0

2.1 ± 0.9

2.2 ± 1.07

33.4 ± 6.6

34.5 ± 11.8

30.9 ± 5.0

31.8 ± 9.4

October

2.5 ± 1.38

2.4 ± 1.19

2.4 ± 1.02

2.6 ± 1.29

35.5 ± 13.6

35.7 ± 11.7

29.2 ± 5.8

31.8 ± 11.5

November

2.7 ± 1.36

2.7 ± 1.39

2.7 ± 1.55

2.6 ± 1.28

41.0 ± 16.2

38.5 ± 12.2

32.1 ± 10.1

35.5 ± 12.4

PDC

2.3 ± 1.24

2.4 ± 1.06

2.2 ± 1.2

2.4 ± 1.35

35.6 ± 14.0

36.9 ± 12.6

29.4 ± 8.5

32.6 ± 11.6

  1. Data are mean ± SD; units are scores (CST) or points (STAI); female n = 8-10; male n = 13-16; BDC = Baseline Data Collection, PDC = Post Data Collection; no significant changes between females and males or within each group to BDC