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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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associated with IR and cardiovascular risk factors ( 13 ). Several studies have shown that individuals with glucose intolerance or T2DM exhibit a significantly higher level of chronic stress and hormonal stress responses ( 14 , 15 ). Salivary cortisol has
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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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-HC (conv-HC) ( 10 , 11 , 12 ). AI treatment is further complicated by the absence of a universally accepted method to objectively evaluate the adequacy of GC substitutive therapy. We had recently proposed multiple salivary cortisol (F) collections to
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, and calculations of the free cortisol index are limited by the measurement of cortisol-binding globulin and do not account for changes in binding affinity or albumin concentrations ( 12 , 13 ). Salivary cortisol is an alternative method to measure
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for CS including late-night salivary cortisol (LNSC), overnight dexamethasone suppression test (ODST), low-dose dexamethasone suppression test (LDDST) and 24-h urinary free cortisol (UFC) ( 1 , 2 , 3 ). A hallmark of CS is the disruption of the
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. Table 1 Basal and post-synacthen serum or salivary cortisol (F) and cortisone (E) levels. Data are expressed as means and s.e. Adrenal sufficient patients, n = 137 Central AI, n = 37 Normal HPA axis, n = 106 RAS, n
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Introduction The measurement of salivary cortisol has emerged as a first-line test in the evaluation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis in humans and, in particular, for the diagnosis of endogenous hypercortisolism (Cushing
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with high midnight salivary cortisol (MSC) secretion (≥9.3 nmol/L) in these patients with T1D ( 22 ). We hypothesise that high MSC secretion contributes to hypertension and to treatment failure of antihypertensive drugs (AHDs). The main aims were to
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salivary alpha amylase and HR responses to the TSST. It was hypothesised that overweight/obese men aged 50–70 years will have a greater salivary cortisol, salivary alpha amylase and HR response to the TSST compared with age matched lean men. Subjects and