Group characteristics of patients with social phobia (SP) and healthy controls (HC).

<p><i>Notes</i>: <i>T</i> = T-Test, <i>p</i> = p-value; df = degrees of freedom, <i>M</i> = mean, <i>SD</i> = standard deviation; BMI  =  body mass index; LSAS  =  Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale; SPAI  =  Social Phobia Anxiety Inventory; TPQ  =  Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire; BDI  =  Beck Depression Inventory; d = disorder.</p>1<p>N = 165 because of one missing value.</p>2<p>N = 143 because of missing values.</p><p>* = <i>p</i><.05,</p><p>** = <i>p</i><0.01,</p><p>*** = <i>p</i><.001.</p

Means (±SD) of self-reported responses to the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST) in patients with social phobia (SP) and healthy controls (HC).

<p><i>Notes</i>: <i>T</i> =  T-Test, <i>p</i> = p-value; df  =  degrees of freedom, <i>M</i> =  mean, <i>S D</i> =  standard deviation; Ti  =  main effect of time; SP  =  main effect of diagnosis of social phobia; TixSP  =  interaction of time and diagnosis; MDBF  =  multidimensional mental-state questionnaire; Stai-S  =  state version of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory; PASA  =  Primary Appraisal Secondary Appraisal questionnaire; VAS  =  visual analogue scales; PEPQ  =  Post Event Processing Questionnaire.</p><p>* = <i>p</i><.05,</p><p>** = <i>p</i><0.01,</p><p>*** = <i>p</i><.001.</p

Mean (±SEM) hair cortisol concentrations of patients with social phobia (SP) and healthy controls (HC).

<p>Mean (±SEM) hair cortisol concentrations of patients with social phobia (SP) and healthy controls (HC).</p

Means (±SEM) of salivary cortisol responders and non-responders to the TSST for social phobia patients (SP) and healthy controls (HC).

<p>Means (±SEM) of salivary cortisol responders and non-responders to the TSST for social phobia patients (SP) and healthy controls (HC).</p