Evaluation of Midnight Salivary Cortisol as a Predictor Factor for Common Carotid Arteries Intima Media Thickness in Patients with Clinically Inapparent Adrenal Adenomas

Table 4

Comparison between patients and controls stratified by age.

	Left IMT (cm)			Right IMT (cm)			Midnight salivary cortisol (nmol/L)
	Patients (#16)	Controls (#16)		Patients (#16)	Controls (#16)		Patients (#16)	Controls (#16)
Age ≥ 60 yrs	0.075 ± 0.017	0.060 ± 0.012	0.005	0.077 ± 0.019	0.060 ± 0.012	0.006	5.85 ± 3.39	2.12 ± 0.66	0.001
Age < 60 yrs	0.061 ± 0.014	0.060 ± 0.008	NS	0.065 ± 0.015	0.060 ± 0.009	NS	5.98 ± 4.99	1.68 ± 0.77	0.002