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. 2014 Dec 29;9(12):e116174. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116174

Table 5. Circulating vasoactive hormones and plasma renin activity before and 5 min after lower body negative pressure (post-LBNP) was ceased because of presyncopal symptoms.

Baseline Post-LBNP P-value
Epinephrine (pg ml−1) 61±15 58±23 0.766
Norepinephrine (pg ml−1) 288±81 410±194 0.097
Vasopressin (pg ml−1) 1.1±0.3 1.8±1.4 0.178
Renin activity (ng ml−1 h−1) 1.1 [0.6–3.5] 2.7 [1.1–13.2]* 0.008

Mean±SD and median [range], n = 8, * significantly different from baseline, using the Benjamini-Hochberg procedure with a false discovery rate of 0.05.