Table 2 Means and standard deviations for oxytocin (OT) (pg/ml), cortisol (ng/ml), and arginine vasopressin (AVP) (pg/ml)

Oxytocin

TD mean

TD SD

ASD mean

ASD SD

 OT pre-HCORT

2009.92

813.83

2340.36

1145.38

 OT post-HCORT

2148.55

777.79

2140.67

951.47

 OT pre-PLACEBO

2566.98

921.75

2199.97

822.24

 OT post-PLACEBO

2089.01

670.12

2074.19

886.10

Cortisol-P plasma

 Cortisol-P pre-HCORT

0.91

0.30

0.93

0.16

 Cortisol-P post-HCORT

1.53

0.44

1.68

0.19

 Cortisol-P pre-PLACEBO

0.85

0.13

0.95

0.11

 Cortisol-P post-PLACEBO

0.75

0.19

0.91

0.14

Cortisol-S saliva

 Cortisol-S pre-HCORT

0.91

0.30

0.93

0.16

 Cortisol-S post-HCORT

1.54

0.44

1.68

0.19

 Cortisol-S pre-PLACEBO

0.85

0.13

0.95

0.11

 Cortisol-S post-PLACEBO

0.75

0.19

0.91

0.14

Arginine vasopressin AVP

 AVP pre-HCORT

1.94

0.26

2.16

0.28

 AVP post-HCORT

2.05

0.27

2.12

0.19

 AVP pre-PLACEBO

1.98

0.24

2.23

0.28

 AVP post-PLACEBO

2.11

0.37

2.14

0.32