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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 7.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2011 Sep;12(5):525–531. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181fe4474

Table 6.

Total cortisol and free cortisol fractionated by equilibrium dialysis (EQD) or centrifugal ultrafiltration (CUF) among subjects without (SIRS−, n=38) or with (SIRS+, n=126) systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS).

Total Cortisol EQD Free Cortisol CUF Free Cortisol
Measure SIRS− SIRS+ SIRS− SIRS+ SIRS− SIRS+
Mean ± S.D. 18.8 ± 16.1 20.5 ± 19.0 3.1 ± 3.5 4.0 ± 6.2 3.1 ± 4.4 4.3 ± 7.3
Median 14.2 14.3 1.9 1.9 1.6 1.6
Min, Max 1.4, 61.2 0.6, 109 0.3, 16 0.2, 37.2 0.2, 19.3 0.2, 43.6