Table 6.
Pearson correlation (r) between serum and salivary cortisol concentrations in healthy volunteers and adrenal insufficient patients at different timepoints during the ACTH test.
| HV SaC | AI SaC | ||||||||
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| T0 | T30 | T60 | T90 | T0 | T30 | T60 | T90 | ||
| HV TSC | T0 | 0.83a | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| T30 | - | 0.67a | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| T60 | - | - | 0.54b | - | - | - | - | - | |
| T90 | - | - | - | 0.62a | - | - | - | - | |
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| AI TSC | T0 | - | - | - | - | 0.14c | - | - | - |
| T30 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.49b | - | - | |
| T60 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.71a | - | |
| T90 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.79a | |
HV, healthy volunteers; AI, adrenal insufficiency; TSC, total serum cortisol; SaC, salivary cortisol; T0, baseline; T30, 30 min after administration; T60, 60 min after administration; T90, 90 min after administration.
ap <0.0001, bp <0.01, and cp >0.05.