The effects of exercise training on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis reactivity and autonomic response to acute stress—a randomized controlled study

Table 2 Mixed between-within subjects ANOVA for all seven time points at baseline and follow-up TSST

	n	Time			Group			Time*group
	n	F	p	Eta squared	F	p	Eta squared	F	p	Eta squared
Baseline
ACTH (pmol/L)*	82	4.94	< 0.001	0.29	1.77	0.118	0.13	2.07	0.154	0.03
Cortisol (nmol/L)*	79	7.01	< 0.001	0.37	0.04	0.850	0.00	1.25	0.291	0.10
SBP (mmHg)*	64	4.81	0.001	0.34	3.33	0.073	0.05	3.66	0.004	0.28
DBP (mmHg)*	66	4.91	< 0.001	0.34	5.01	0.029	0.07	0.70	0.649	0.07
HR (Bpm)	66	17.20	< 0.001	0.64	0.00	0.962	0.00	2.28	0.048	0.19
Follow-up
ACTH (pmol/L)*	86	6.64	< 0.001	0.34	2.23	0.139	0.03	1.03	0.410	0.07
Cortisol (nmol/L)*	84	8.10	< 0.001	0.39	0.20	0.655	0.00	2.25	0.048	0.15
SBP (mmHg)*	70	3.22	0.008	0.24	0.00	0.999	0.00	0.82	0.556	0.07
DBP (mmHg)*	69	5.27	< 0.001	0.34	1.24	0.270	0.02	1.82	0.110	0.15
HR (Bpm)	70	19.84	< 0.001	0.65	1.45	0.233	0.02	1.41	0.225	0.12

ACTH adrenocorticotropic hormone, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBT diastolic blood pressure, HR heart rate, Bpm beats per minute
*Adjusted for sex

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