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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Mar 18.
Published in final edited form as: Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2020 May 29;10(8):936–943. doi: 10.1002/alr.22586

Table 2.

Post-Cosyntropin Stimulation Cortisol Levels

Treatment Arm Mean cortisol level (ug/dL) (SD)
Before Treatment		 Mean cortisol level (ug/dL) (SD)
After Treatment		 Difference (ug/DL)
(95% CI)
Cohen’s d
Nasal Saline Irrigation plus Mometasone Nasal Spray (n=10) 23.19 (3.51) 23.91 (2.56) −0.72
(−3.41 to 1.97)
0.23
Mometasone nasal irrigation plus Nasal Saline Spray (n=10) 24.18 (4.76) 24.22 (3.84) −0.04
(−3.83 to 3.75)
0.01

Cohen’s d interpretation: d= 0.2 considered “small” effect, 0.5 “medium” effect, and 0.8 “large” effect