Fig. 1. Mean (±SD) blood plasma cortisol concentrations in response to the DEX–CRH test in panic disorder patients with and without agoraphobia (PD) and healthy volunteers (HC).

^*p ≤ .05. a mean ± SE, PD: 2.76 ± 0.41, HC: 3.04 ± 0.50; p = 0.016. b PD: 2.78 ± 0.38, HC: 3.00 ± 0.48; p = 0.040