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From the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy Basel (J.B., T.M, M.P., M.L., F.H.W.), Institute for Psychology, University of Basel, and the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine (P.G.), Division of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

View larger version (28K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 1. Effect sizes (Cohen's d) for the three group contrasts during baseline for all primary measures. ESI = electrodermal sympathetic index (sum of standardized skin conductance level, amplitude and number of nonspecific skin conductance fluctuations); HP = heart period; RSA = respiratory sinus arrhythmia; Pco2 = end-tidal partial pressure of expired CO2; CSI = cardiovascular sympathetic index (sum of standardized T-wave amplitude, pulse wave transit time and pulse wave amplitude); PTSD = posttraumatic stress disorder; PD = panic disorder; HC = healthy control group. 1Interpretation of effect sizes according to Cohen (58).