Table 1 Salivary CgA levels (pmol/ml) in the study subjects at awakening and at three time-points after awakening according to the GHQ-28 total score and GHQ-28 subscale scores
From: Levels of awakening salivary CgA in response to stress in healthy subjects
Total GHQ-28/GHQ-28 subcategories | Mean GHQ-28 (sub)scores and cut-offs | Salivary CgA levels (pmol/ml) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
7:00 a.m. (awakening) | 7:30 a.m. | 8:00 a.m. | 8:30 a.m. | ||
Total GHQ-28 (n = 40) | 6.3 (0.30) | 0.74 (0.14) | 0.31 (0.03) | 0.35 (0.05) | 0.32 (0.04) |
Low-scoring group (n = 25) | ≧7 | 0.73 (0.13) | 0.30 (0.04) | 0.33 (0.05) | 0.32 (0.04) |
High-scoring group (n = 15) | ≦8 | 0.74 (0.30) | 0.31 (0.05) | 0.38 (0.11) | 0.33 (0.09) |
Somatic symptoms | 0.85 (0.10) | ||||
Low-scoring group (n = 32) | ≧1 | 0.79 (0.17) | 0.33 (0.04) | 0.37 (0.06) | 0.35 (0.05) |
High-scoring group (n = 8) | ≦2 | 0.53 (0.17) | 0.20 (0.05) | 0.24 (0.08) | 0.21 (0.05) |
Anxiety and insomnia | 0.92 (0.10) | ||||
Low-scoring group (n = 20) | ≧0 | 0.65 (0.16) | 0.27 (0.04) | 0.32 (0.06) | 0.32 (0.04) |
High-scoring group (n = 20) | ≦1 | 0.82 (0.22) | 0.34 (0.05) | 0.37 (0.09) | 0.33 (0.07) |
Social dysfunction | 4.2 (0.20) | ||||
Low-scoring group (n = 26) | ≧5 | 0.81 (0.18) | 0.31 (0.04) | 0.33 (0.05) | 0.31 (0.03) |
High-scoring group (n = 14) | ≦6 | 0.60 (0.19) | 0.29 (0.06) | 0.38 (0.12) | 0.35 (0.09) |
Severe depression | 0.7 (0.10) | ||||
Low-scoring group (n = 26) | ≧0 | 0.91 (0.20)* | 0.33 (0.04) | 0.37 (0.07) | 0.36 (0.05) |
High-scoring group (n = 14) | ≦1 | 0.42 (0.10) | 0.26 (0.05) | 0.30 (0.08) | 0.25 (0.04) |