Table 2 Geometric means (Standard Deviation) for cortisol outcomes by country and by sex-subgroups
| Â | MALE | FEMALE | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | Morning level (nmol. L−1) | Evening level (nmol. L−1) | Variation per hour (nmol. L−1.H−1) | Relative-variation per hour | N | Morning level (nmol. L−1) | Evening level (nmol. L− 1) | Variation per hour (nmol. L− 1.H− 1) | Relative-variation per hour | |
UK | 35 | 17.2 (2.0) | 2.5 (2.1) | 1.0 (2.2) | 0.06 (1.5) | 31 | 18.0 (1.8) | 2.2 (2.6) | 1.1 (2.1) | 0.06 (1.3) |
GE | 28 | 20.5 (1.8) | 2.6 (2.2) | 1.0 (2.2) | 0.05 (1.8) | 39 | 15.7 (1.9) | 1.9 (1.7) | 0.9 (2.8) | 0.06 (1.6) |
NL | 29 | 16.0 (1.9) | 2.6 (2.3) | 1.0 (2.1) | 0.06 (1.6) | 28 | 18.2 (1.6) | 1.9 (1.9) | 1.1 (1.9) | 0.06 (1.4) |
SW | 31 | 18.7 (1.7) | 4.4 (2.1) | 0.8 (2.1) | 0.04 (1.6) | 43 | 17.3 (1.8) | 2.9 (2.3) | 0.9 (1.9) | 0.05 (1.2) |
GR | 14 | 12.6 (2.5) | 1.7 (2.3) | 0.8 (2.7) | 0.06 (1.6) | 31 | 8.4 (2.4) | 1.7 (2.3) | 0.5 (2.8) | 0.05 (1.6) |
IT | 22 | 20.5 (1.6) | 2.9 (2.1) | 1.2 (1.8) | 0.06 (1.3) | 28 | 17.3 (1.9) | 3.4 (2.4) | 0.7 (3.2) | 0.04 (2.0) |
FR | 396 | 21.4 (1.9) | 4.4 (2.2) | 1.6 (2.9) | 0.07 (2.0) | 545 | 21.9 (1.9) | 5.0 (2.2) | 1.4 (3.1) | 0.07 (2.1) |
TOTAL | 555 | 20.3 (1.9) | 3.9 (2.3) | 1.4 (2.8) | 0.07 (1.9) | 745 | 19.9 (2.0) | 4.0 (2.4) | 1.2 (3.0) | 0.06 (2.0) |