Table 1 Salivary cortisol concentrations (ng/ml, mean ± SD) by gender and GHQ depression subscores (GHQ-D)

Male

2.82

1.54

1.36

0.42

1.03

0.51

Female

4.24

1.54

1.82

0.94

1.10

0.53

Low group total

3.33

1.77

1.61

0.82

1.14

0.79

 Male

2.97

1.27

1.46

0.88

1.12

0.75

 Female

3.99

2.29

1.89

0.58

1.16

0.67

High group total

3.71

2.84

1.37

0.86

0.79

0.64

 Male

1.92

1.03

0.77

0.25

0.46

0.12

 Female

4.72

1.58

1.70

0.83

0.97

0.68

Total

3.41

2.02

1.55

0.83

1.06

0.79