. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2005 Nov 14.

Published in final edited form as: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2004 Sep;89(9):4628–4633. doi: 10.1210/jc.2004-0379

Table 1.

Urinary steroid metabolites excretion rates (μg/24h) in 8 normal male subjects on no treatment and dexamethasone plus cortisol. The results were compared by 2-sample Student’s t test [mean (±SEM)].

STEROID	No Treatment	Dexamethasone + Cortisol	P
Cortisol	11.1 ± 2.5	52.6 ± 8.2	0.001
Cortisone	44.7 ± 10.8	87.3 ± 20.2	0.09
18-OH-F	19.4 ± 8.5	10.9 ± 3.14	0.37
18-Oxo-F	4.04 ± 0.8	11.6 ± 1.4	0.0007