TAP reading note: Association between changes in heart rate variability during the anticipation of a stressful situation and the stress-induced cortisol response
A larger anticipatory HRV decrease was associated with greater cortisol increase, but not cortisol recovery. Adjusted task-related HRV associations with cortisol increase or recovery were nonsignificant.
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What the study found
A larger anticipatory HRV decrease was associated with greater cortisol increase, but not cortisol recovery. Adjusted task-related HRV associations with cortisol increase or recovery were nonsignificant.
Scope & limitations
171 healthy adults: 96 men and 75 women; mean age about 30.
Association does not establish causal regulation. No matched non-stress control; time-of-day and participant factors matter. Peak-to-final decline is not demonstrated return to baseline.
Population & sample
171 healthy adults: 96 men and 75 women; mean age about 30.
Exposure or intervention
Anticipation and performance of a laboratory social stress task.
Outcomes
HRV change, cortisol increase and decline from observed cortisol peak to final sample.
Time frame
Phase-specific recordings within one laboratory session.
Research funding
Not yet verified against the full text.
Research conflicts of interest
The PubMed-indexed authors’ statement reports no conflicts associated with the research.
Reading scope
Accessible PMC author-manuscript methods and results, including adjusted analyses and the definition of recovery; PubMed bibliographic and competing-interest record. Supplementary and full funding details were not assessed.
References
Publication record
TAP-RDN-0095 · v1.0 · English
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