Table 3.
Hair cortisol segment (distance in cm from scalp) | Average UFC/BSA over D1+D2 (nmol/24h/m2) | Average 17OHS/Cr over D1+D2 (mmol/24h/mol Cr) | Midnight serum cortisol (nmol/L) | Early morning serum cortisol (nmol/L) | |||||
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r | p | r | p | r | p | r | p | ||
1 | Proximal | 0.5 | 0.009 | 0.3 | 0.09 | 0.3 | 0.07 | 0.4 | 0.03 |
2 | Medial | 0.4 | 0.05 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
3 | Distal | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
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Average over 3 cm | 0.4 | 0.02 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.06 |
Statistical significance was considered for p’s<0.05. D1+D2=Day 1 and Day 2.