Table 1.

General characteristics of study subjects.

	Median (Q25%; Q75%)			p
	Cushing's disease	Ectopic ACTH syndrome	Healthy controls
N	28	13	11	–
Sex F (%): M (%)	24 (86%): 4 (14%)	6 (46%): 7 (54%)	9 (89%): 2 (11%)	0.003
Age	37 (33.1–42.6)	43 (33.8–52.1)	39 (33.9–44.9)	0.5
BMI	29.8 (27.2–32.4)	30.1 (28.8–31.5)	28.2 (22.2–34.1)	0.4
ACTH 09:00 h	66.2 (45.3; 95.5)	150 (127; 206.5)	–	<0.001
ACTH 23:00 h	48.1 (28.7; 73)	133 (112.1; 166)	–	<0.001
24hUFC	1967.6 (1508; 2041)	2554 (1349; 4888)	–	0.04

F, female; M, male; BMI, body mass index; ACTH, adrenocorticotropic hormone; 24hUFC, 24 h urine free cortisol.