Table 4 Mixed linear effects model predicting heart rates with partner odor sexual attractiveness as a moderator.

From: Smelling the romantic partner’s natural body odor increases psychological and autonomic but not cortisol stress responses

Predictors

b

SE(b)

CI

t

df

p

Intercept

66.26

2.40

61.49–71.03

27.65

75.15

< 0.001

Odor condition¹

0.47

2.99

−5.48–6.42

0.16

77.30

0.875

TSST-anticipation phase²

13.72

0.85

12.06–15.39

16.16

1028.00

< 0.001

TSST-task phase³

27.98

0.85

26.32–29.65

32.96

1028.00

< 0.001

Sexual attractiveness ⁴

−0.76

1.97

−4.69–3.17

−0.39

77.50

0.700

Sex⁵

6.25

2.91

0.45–12.05

2.15

69.00

0.035

Odor condition¹ × TSST-anticipation phase²

3.71

1.22

1.32–6.10

3.05

1028.00

0.002

Odor condition¹ × TSST-task phase³

9.57

1.22

7.18–11.96

7.86

1028.00

< 0.001

Odor condition¹ × sexual attractiveness ⁴

3.74

2.98

−2.18–9.67

1.26

77.51

0.212

Sexual attractiveness ⁴ × TSST-anticipation phase²

−0.34

0.81

−1.94–1.25

−0.42

1028.00

0.674

Sexual attractiveness ⁴ × TSST-task phase³

−1.49

0.81

−3.08–0.11

−1.83

1028.00

0.068

Odor condition¹ × TSST-anticipation phase² × sexual attractiveness ⁴

2.38

1.23

−0.03–4.79

1.94

1028.00

0.052

Odor condition¹ × TSST-task phase³ × sexual attractiveness ⁴

4.56

1.23

2.15–6.97

3.72

1028.00

< 0.001

Random effects

σ2

68.43

τ00 ID

148.20

ICC

0.68

Observations (NID = 74)

1110

Marginal R2/conditional R2

0.496/0.840

  1. ¹ control = 0, partner = 1, ² dummy coded, TSST-anticipation phase = 1, resting phase = 0, TSST-task phase = 0, ³ dummy coded, TSST-task phase = 1, TSST-anticipation phase = 0, resting phase = 0, ⁴ z-standardized, ⁵ male = 0, female = 1