Impact of Sleep and Its Disturbances on Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Activity
Figure 2
Effects of age and sex on cortisol profile: Mean 24-hour (+ or − SEM) cortisol profiles in men (left profiles) and women (right profiles) for 2 age groups that is, 50 years of age and older (solid lines) and 20 to 29 years old (hatched lines). (adapted from Van Cauter [30])
