Table 5. Intention-to-treat sensitivity estimates for all endpoints and primary contrasts.
Measure Contrast ITT estimate 95% CI Hedges g p
TQR (a.u.) T1-T0 ΔΔ 0.60 TQR points 0.28 to 0.93 0.78 < 0.001
TQR (a.u.) T2-T0 ΔΔ 0.11 TQR points -0.38 to 0.59 0.14 0.662
Cortisol (nmol/L) T1-T0 RRR 1.04 0.98 to 1.10 0.36 0.199
Cortisol (nmol/L) T2-T0 RRR 0.99 0.93 to 1.06 -0.09 0.788
Resting HR (bpm) T1-T0 ΔΔ -2.10 bpm -2.24 to -1.96 -0.64 < 0.001
Resting HR (bpm) T2-T0 ΔΔ -0.00 bpm -0.14 to 0.14 -0.00 0.961
lnRMSSD (log units) T1-T0 ΔΔ 0.122 log units 0.108 to 0.137 0.75 < 0.001
lnRMSSD (log units) T2-T0 ΔΔ -0.002 log units -0.016 to 0.011 -0.01 0.722
RMSSD (ms) T1-T0 ΔΔ 8.02 ms 6.99 to 9.04 0.77 < 0.001
RMSSD (ms) T2-T0 ΔΔ -0.15 ms -1.00 to 0.70 -0.01 0.722
SDNN (ms) T1-T0 ΔΔ 10.47 ms 6.52 to 14.42 0.64 < 0.001
SDNN (ms) T2-T0 ΔΔ 0.84 ms -3.00 to 4.69 0.05 0.662
PORH Peak (PU) T1-T0 ΔΔ 0.55 PU -0.99 to 2.10 0.13 0.477
PORH Peak (PU) T2-T0 ΔΔ 0.14 PU -0.59 to 0.87 0.03 0.703
Resting flow RF (PU) T1-T0 ΔΔ 0.18 PU -0.13 to 0.49 0.09 0.243
Resting flow RF (PU) T2-T0 ΔΔ 0.03 PU -0.29 to 0.34 0.01 0.851
Time to peak TTP (s) T1-T0 ΔΔ -0.04 s -0.76 to 0.69 -0.01 0.918
Time to peak TTP (s) T2-T0 ΔΔ 0.22 s -0.11 to 0.55 0.05 0.180
Recovery time (min) T1-T0 ΔΔ 0.03 min -0.18 to 0.24 0.03 0.759
Recovery time (min) T2-T0 ΔΔ -0.09 min -0.19 to 0.01 -0.10 0.070
Estimates are ΔΔ (contrast minus control), except cortisol, which is reported as a ratio of ratios (RRR). CI, confidence interval; HR, heart rate; HRV, heart rate variability; PORH, post-occlusive reactive hyperemia; TQR, Total Quality Recovery.