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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2014 Apr 2;2(7):581–592. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(13)70180-3

Figure 2. Impact of anorexia nervosa (AN) on cortisol secretion.

Figure 2

A. Representative overnight cortisol secretory characteristics in a teenage girl with AN (left) and a normal-weight control (right), showing greater cortisol secretion in the girl with AN.

B. 24-h urinary free cortisol levels in adolescent girls with AN and controls. Adolescent girls with AN have higher 24-h urinary free cortisol compared with controls. Adapted from Misra et al. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 89: 4972–4980; 2004. Copyright © by The Endocrine Society 2004.