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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 15.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2012 Jun;76(6):778–784. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2011.04316.x

TABLE 3.

Relative secretion of corticosteroids in AV samples

Steroid Pre ACTH % of steroids measured (n=9) Post ACTH % of steroids measured (n=9)
Pregnenolone 0.56 ± 0.19 2.47 ± 0.36
17α-Hydroxypregnenolone 0.47 ± 0.13 2.12 ± 0.28
Progesterone 0.06 ± 0.03 0.30 ± 0.05
17α-Hydroxyprogesterone 0.51 ± 0.13 2.10 ± 0.25
Deoxycorticosterone 0.11 ± 0.02 0.32 ± 0.04
Corticosterone 2.97 ± 0.54 11.3 ± 0.66
Aldosterone 0.32 ± 0.10 0.13 ± 0.03
11-Deoxycortisol 0.77 ± 0.12 0.92 ± 0.13
Cortisol 90.1 ± 0.85 78.9 ± 1.34
Cortisone 4.23 ± 0.64 1.54 ± 0.35

The relative production of 21-carbon corticosteroids before and 15 min after iv ACTH administration. Values are expressed as percentage mean ± SEM (n=9, 3 men and 6 women). The percentage of each steroid was defined as the percent of the molar AV total of the 10 steroids measured.