Table 1 Mean (standard deviation) of cortisol, testosterone and progesterone (pg/ml, log-transformed) before (pre-stress) and 25 minutes after stress onset (post-stress) as well as p-values for the comparison (pre vs. post) are listed.
Women (n = 40) | Men (n = 40) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pre-stress | Post-stress | Pre vs. Post (p-value) | Pre-stress | Post-stress | Pre vs. Post (p-value) | |
Cortisol | 3.35a (0.20) | 3.23a (0.20) | <0.001 | 3.35b (0.18) | 3.34b (0.19) | 0.839 |
Testosterone | 1.21 (0.37) | 1.16 (0.37) | 0.122 | 1.83 (0.27) | 1.91 (0.21) | 0.009 |
Progesterone | 1.73a (0.38) | 1.63a (0.32) | 0.009 | 1.44b (0.32) | 1.38b (0.27) | 0.333 |
