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. 2020 Mar 19;15(3):e0229692. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229692

Table 1. Mean salivary oxytocin levels (pg/ml) and standard deviations (SD) across the groups and measurement moments.

Test day Measurement Placebo group Oxytocin administration group Conditioned oxytocin group
Screening Baseline 12.57 (SD = 12.62, n = 30) 9.66 (SD = 6.66, n = 25) 15.32 (SD = 20.08, n = 26)
Evocation day 1 Baseline 16.94 (SD = 19.64, n = 30) 12.21 (SD = 7.05, n = 26) 11.68 (SD = 8.97, n = 28)
+ 5 minutes 14.85 (SD = 7.65, n = 30) 1912.79 (SD = 2429.66, n = 25) 28.34 (SD = 44.63, n = 28)
+ 20 minutes 13.77 (SD = 8.47, n = 30) 1020.81 (SD = 1860.49, n = 25) 20.17 (SD = 28.76, n = 28)
+ 50 minutes 10.18 (SD = 5.1, n = 30) 848.15 (SD = 1569.4, n = 26) 21.17 (SD = 25.99, n = 28)
Evocation day 2 Baseline 13.23 (SD = 8, n = 30) 13.01 (SD = 9.32, n = 27) 13.24 (SD = 7.12, n = 28)
+ 5 minutes 13.97 (SD = 6.6, n = 30) 1727.86 (SD = 2272.05, n = 25) 30.89 (SD = 70, n = 28)
+ 20 minutes 13.14 (SD = 5.62, n = 30) 1102.87 (SD = 1650.52, n = 25) 17.36 (SD = 15.37, n = 28)
+ 50 minutes 11.08 (SD = 5.66, n = 30) 826.88 (SD = 1666.11, n = 26) 10.14 (SD = 7.55, n = 28)
Evocation day 3 Baseline 16.85 (SD = 21.56, n = 30) 14.84 (SD = 13.6, n = 26) 12.14 (SD = 12.91, n = 28)
+ 5 minutes 12.19 (SD = 7.49, n = 30) 1719.83 (SD = 2639.64, n = 24) 20.24 (SD = 43.93, n = 27)