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Proportion of subjects (%) with type 2 diabetes and the metabolic syndrome in tertiles of fasting 09·00 h cortisol in 509 adults from Mysore, India
| Cortisol (nmol/ l) |
No. | Type 2 diabetes (%) |
Metabolic syndrome (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| < 250 | 164 | 9·4 | 6·1 |
| −340 | 174 | 12·3 | 6·3 |
| > 340 | 171 | 22·5 | 13·5 |
| All | 509 | 14·5 | 8·6 |
| P-value for trend* | < 0·001 | 0·001 |
P-value corrected for age, sex, BMI.
