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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 5.
Published in final edited form as: Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2006 Jul;1071:184–202. doi: 10.1196/annals.1364.014

TABLE 1.

Twenty-four hour urinary cortisol and diurnal cortisol before and after long-treatment with paroxetine in PTSD

Pretreatment Posttreatment


avg (µg/dl) stdev avg (µg/dl) stdev p
24 h urinary cortisol 2.880 0.850 2.350 1.260 ns
Diurnal cortisol
    wake up 0.388 0.139 0.259 0.172 ns
    8 am 0.357 0.147 0.205 0.228 ns
    12 pm 0.124 0.057 0.109 0.103 ns
    4 pm 0.150 0.088 0.053 0.024 0.007
    8 pm 0.108 0.198 0.042 0.042 ns