Table 6. Results of salivary cortisol.

	Takotsubo	Control	p-value
BAS1	11.4 [1.4–21.4]	11.3 [0.5–22.1]	0.85
BAS2	12.8 [−1.1–26.7]	17.3 [4.6–30.0]	0.25
BAS3	2.1 [−1.3–5.5]	1.3 [0.2–2.4]	0.31
MST1	4.6 [−0.8–10.0]	4.9 [0.9–8.9]	0.29
MST2	3.9 [−1.5–9.3]	4.4 [0.5–8.3]	0.88
MSTΔ	−0.6 [−3.6–2.35]	0.6 [−2.5–3.6]	0.099

Median values in nmol/L [interquartile range]. BAS1; when waking-up, BAS2; 30 minutes after waking-up, BAS3; before going to bed, MST1; before mental stress test, MST2; 20 minutes after mental stress test, MSTΔ; MST2 minus MST1.