Table 3. Correlation between serum and salivary concentrations of each steroid.

E2	DHEA	7α-OH-DHEA	3β Adiol	Δ5-diol	F
rs = −0.274	rs = −0.564	rs = −0.546	rs = −0.351	rs = −0.267	rs = −0.438
n.s.	p < 0.001	p < 0.001	p < 0.05	n.s.	p < 0.01

Spearman correlation coefficients were used to evaluate the correlation between the serum and the salivary concentrations of each steroid. Abbreviations: 3βAdiol, 5α-androstane-3β,17β-diol; 7α-OH-DHEA, 7α-hydroxydehydroepiandrosterone; Δ5-diol, Androstenediol; DHEA, dehydroepiandrosterone; E2, 17β-estradiol; F, cortisol.