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Introduction The utility of measuring salivary cortisol has become increasingly popular in, for example, screening for Cushing’s syndrome or disease ( 1 , 2 ). Obtaining salivary samples is easy and patient friendly. An additional advantage
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–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis, with insufficient adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) stimulation of the adrenal cortex ( 2 ) leading to deficiency in cortisol and adrenal androgens. This is mostly commonly caused by pituitary tumours and the resultant treatment including
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out to examine the influence of substituting normal exercise training with a six-week (nine sessions) low-volume HIIT program on PPO, TT, free-T, cortisol and the TT:cortisol ratio, in male masters athletes. We hypothesized that (i) six weeks of low
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, the adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) stimulation test (AST) is the most commonly used ( 3 ). During the AST, 250 µg of synthetic ACTH was administered intravenously or intramuscularly, and serum cortisol is drawn at baseline, 30 min, and 60 min
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Introduction Timely diagnosis of endogenous Cushing's syndrome (CS) is important to reduce morbidity and mortality ( 1 , 2 , 3 ). Late-night salivary cortisol (LNSC) is an important screening instrument for CS with high sensitivity and
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of 37.7 months. Second, it is still unknown how the Bcl I polymorphism exerts its effects. After administration of dexamethasone, serum cortisol levels were lower in G-allele carriers of the BclI polymorphism, pointing to a greater glucocorticoid
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hypertension, might be linked with an excess of glucocorticoid secretion ( 2 , 3 , 4 ). Patients with metabolic syndrome and concomitantly higher fasting cortisol have been related with more prevalent central obesity and hypertension, a higher triglycerides
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Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University Department of Medicine, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland
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adrenocorticotropin hormone (ACTH)-producing cells in the pituitary gland ( 7 ) and third in the adrenal glands with direct stimulatory effect on cortisol production ( 11 ). Therapeutic interventions aimed at counteracting inflammatory activation have proven
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cortisol levels. Compared to girls, boys, up to age 8, had higher salivary cortisol levels and lower levels beyond this age ( 11 ). The timing of this change suggests that sex steroids influence the HPA axis. Surprisingly, to the best of our knowledge
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feedback control of glucocorticoid maintenance and an association with metabolic syndrome (10, 11) . Little is known about steroid hormone availability and metabolism during the early postpartum period in infants. Fetal exposure to maternal cortisol is