Table 3.

The relationship between serum cortisol and fbg, adrenaline and lipid profile values before and under examination stress (n=208).

	BEFORE		DURING
	r-value	p-value	r-value	p-value
FBG(mmol/l)	0.049	0.731	0.252	0.072
Adrenaline(ng/ml)	0.020	0.888	0.229	0.102
TC(mmol/l)	0.088	0.537	0.036	0.798
HDL(mmol/l)	0.233	0.096	−0.094	0.508
LDL(mmol/l)	0.198	0.160	0.104	0.463
VLDL(mmol/l)	0.123	0.384	−0.046	0.746
TG(mmol/l)	0.139	0.327	−0.086	0.542
TC/HDL	0.297	0.032	0.150	0.289

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FBG ′ Fasting blood glucose

TC ′ Total cholesterol

HDL ′ High density lipoprotein

LDL ′ Low density lipoprotein

VLDL′ Very low density lipoprotein