Table 2.

Effects of the TSST among placebo-treated individuals. Data represent mean±SEM at baseline (pre-stress) and immediately after the TSST (post-stress).

Measure	Pre-stress	Post-stress	t(df)
Systolic Blood Pressure (mm Hg)	115.8 ± 3.1	130.3 ± 2.9	−8.0(15)***
Diastolic Blood Pressure (mm Hg)	64.1 ± 1.6	70.2 ± 2.2	−2.8(15)*
Plasma Cortisol (ug/dl)	7.9 ± 0.8	14.7 ± 1.1	−5.3(15)***
Plasma ACTH (pg/ml)	16.4 ± 1.4	28.6 ± 5.4	−2.4(13)*
Noradrenaline (ng/ml)	173.0 ± 15.5	347.6 ± 43.4	−5.4(14)***
Progesterone (ng/ml)	0.6 ± .04	0.7 ± .06	−2.5(12)*
STAI	35.0 ± 2.4	46.1 ± 2.6	−4.4(15)***
POMS Anger	0.2 ±.09	0.5 ± 0.1	−3.4(15)**
POMS Arousal	0.6 ± 0.3	1.3 ± 0.4	−2.1(15)*
POMS Confusion	0.6 ± 0.2	1.2 ± 0.2	−2.6(15)*
POMS Depression	0.4 ±0.2	0.8 ± 0.3	−2.6(15)*
Heart Rate Baseline	71.5 ± 2.4	89.9 ± 3.8	−7.2(14)***

^*indicates a significant difference between pre- and post-stress measurements (Student’s paired t-test, *p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001).