Clinical Study

Social Network Characteristics and Salivary Cortisol in Healthy Older People

Table 3

Means (SEM) of salivary cortisol concentrations (sqrt nmol/L) in older people with high versus low scores in social network cultivation in the postawakening period.

Minutes Postawakening
0153045

High2.70 (.11)3.05 (.14)3.15 (.14)3.05 (.14)
Low2.93 (.14)3.00 (.16)2.91 (.15)2.78(.16)

Standard errors are in parentheses. High: high scores in social network cultivation (above median score); low: low scores in social network cultivation (below median score). 𝑁 = 7 8 .