Table 3.

Mean salivary cortisol concentration (nmol/L) by number of metabolic syndrome components

Number of components	N	Baseline	+15 min	+30 min	+45 min	+60 min
0	101	4.76 (1.82)	5.42 (1.84)	5.47 (1.86)	5.64 (1.90)	5.75 (1.86)
1	91	6.42 (1.95)	7.10 (1.92)	7.61 (1.75)	7.10 (1.92)	6.62 (1.90)
2	85	5.21 (2.01)	6.23 (1.70)	6.05 (1.75)	5.99 (1.75)	5.53 (1.82)
3	49	6.49 (2.05)	5.93 (2.18)	5.58 (2.36)	5.58 (1.88)	5.64 (1.72)
4	30	5.31 (2.03)	4.53 (1.97)	4.39 (1.79)	5.31 (1.68)	4.95 (1.82)
5	17	7.32 (1.45)	4.22 (3.16)	4.66 (2.69)	4.95 (2.41)	5.21 (1.77)

Standard deviation values in parentheses.