From: Comparison of total, salivary and calculated free cortisol levels in patients with severe sepsis
Day of the study | D1 | D7 | Healthy | p1 | p2 | p3 | p4 | p5 | p6 | p7 | p8 | |||||
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All SS patients | SS with high STC | SS with low STC | All SS patients | SS with high STC | SS with low STC | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | ||
n | 30 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 16 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
STC (μg/dL) | Baseline | 13.7 (3.1–53.2) | 18.7 (10.4–53.2) | 8.2 (3.1–9.4) | 7.6 (0.4–13.9) | 12.4 (12.0–13.9) | 6.5 (0.4–9.6) | 14.3 (4.3–20) | 0.13 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.67 | 0.03 |
Peak | 20.3 (7.4–52.0) | 31.0 (14.1–52.0) | 11.0 (7.4–20.6) | 12.7 (4.0–25.0) | 18.9 (8.3–25.0) | 12.4 (3.9–21.4) | 27 (15.2–41.4) | 0.64 | <0.01 | 0.27 | <0.01 | <0.01 | 0.24 | 0.02 | <0.01 | |
SaC (μg/dL) | Baseline | 1.9 (0.2–9.0) | 2.3 (0.2–9.0) | 0.9 (0.2–2.9) | 0.7 (0.3–4.6) | 1.1 (0.8–4.6) | 0.6 (0.3–3.0) | 0.4 (0.1–1.4) | <0.01 | 0.15 | <0.01 | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.72 |
Peak | 2.2 (0.5–17.8) | 3.4 (0.5–17.8) | 1.9 (0.6–4.2) | 1.7 (0.2–4.0) | 2.6 (1.3–2.9) | 1.5 (0.2–4.0) | 1.1 (0.4–2.5) | <0.01 | 0.02 | <0.01 | 0.11 | 0.37 | 0.39 | 0.01 | 0.14 | |
cFC (μg/dL) | Baseline | 0.5 (0.1–1.9) | 0.7 (0.4–1.9) | 0.3 (0.1–0.3) | 0.3 (0.1–0.5) | 0.4 (0.4–0.5) | 0.2 (0.1–0.3) | 0.7 (0.4–1.9) | 0.48 | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | 0.01 | 0.65 | <0.01 |
Peak | 0.71 (0.3–1.9) | 1.1 (0.5–1.9) | 0.4 (0.3–0.7) | 0.4 (0.1–0.9) | 0.7 (0.3–0.9) | 0.4 (0.1–0.7) | 1.8 (1.0–6.6) | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | 0.24 | 0.89 | 0.12 | |
CBG (μg/dL) | Baseline | 0.3 (0.1–0.6) | 0.3 (0.1–0.6) | 0.2 (0.1–0.4) | 0.3 (0.2–0.5) | 0.4 (0.3–0.4) | 0.3 (0.2–0.5) | 0.5 (0.3–0.8) | < 0.01 | 0.12 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | 0.94 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 |
Peak | 0.3 (0.1–0.5) | 0.3 (0.1–0.5) | 0.3 (0.1–0.5) | 0.4 (0.1–0.5) | 0.3 (0.2–0.4) | 0.4 (0.1–0.5) | 0.6 (0.4–0.9) | < 0.01 | 0.6 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | 0.35 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 |