Table 3.

Adrenal hormone testing results

Age	Type of adrenal mass	Early morning cortisol level, nmol/L (Ref: 100–540 nmol/L)	Urine metanephrine/creatinine ratio (Ref: <0.10 mmol/mol)	Plasma metanephreines, pmol/L (Ref: < 500pmol/L)	Plasma normetanephrine, pmol/L (Ref: <900 pmol/L)	Aldosterone/renin ratio (Ref: <70)	17-hydroxyprogesterone, nmol/L (Ref: <70)	Adrenocorticotropic hormone, ng/L (Ref: 7.2–63.3 ng/L)	Estradiol, pmol/L	Follicle-stimulating hormone, IU/L	Luteinising hormone, IU/L	Indication for testing
75	Bilateral adrenal adenomas	67	-	362	1148	42	0.4	22.1	< 18	2.4	0.5	Fatigue in the context of adrenal tumour
46*	Bilateral adrenal adenomas	153	0.14	148	674	96	-	-	-	-	-	Secondary hypertension screen
36	Left adrenal adenomas	78	-	-	-	45	-	-	142	13	4	Fatigue in the context of adrenal tumour
44*	Bilateral adrenal adenomas	-	-	-	-	98	-	-	-	-	-	Secondary hypertension screen

*: both patients were diagnosed with Conn’s syndrome