Table 1.

Endocrine findings and urinary potassium

Variable	At admission	After 1 month liquorice cessation	Reference range
Aldosterone (pmol/L) [pg/mL]	<28 [<10]	42 [15]	28–4440 [10–160] (supine)
Renin (pmol/L) [pg/mL]	0.05 [1.9]	0.48 [20.2]	0.06–0.52 [2.4–21.9] (supine)
TSH (mU/L)	1.724		0.465–4.68
Morning ACTH (pmol/L) [pg/mL]	1.4 [6.2]		1.0–10.7 [4.7–48.8]
Morning cortisol (nmol/L) [μg/dL]	535 [19.4]	265 [9.6]	185–623 [6.7–22.6]
24-h urine free cortisol (nmol/d) [μg/d]	762.8 [276.0]		<248.4 [<90]