Table I.

Correlations between SHBG and cortisol values throughout the CPET.

		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1	SHBG B	1	0.971**	0.909**	0.941**	0.521**	0.594**	0.504**	0.517**
2	SHBG S		1	0.914**	0.947**	0.450**	0.551**	0.500**	0.522**
3	SHBG MAX			1	0.944**	0.390*	0.463**	0.359*	0.380*
4	SHBG R				1	0.445**	0.486**	0.420*	0.441**
5	cortisol B					1	0.744**	0.542**	0.485**
6	cortisol S						1	0.850**	0.789**
7	cortisol MAX							1	0.956**
8	cortisol R								1

B, baseline; S, start of the test; MAX, point of maximal strain; R, 3rd minute of recovery *, p<0.05; **, p<0.01.