Salivary Cortisol Determination in ACTH Stimulation Test to Diagnose Adrenal Insufficiency in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis

Table 6

Pearson correlation (r) between serum and salivary cortisol concentrations in healthy volunteers and adrenal insufficient patients at different timepoints during the ACTH test.

HV SaC						AI SaC
		T0	T30	T60	T90	T0	T30	T60	T90
HV TSC	T0		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	T30	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
	T60	-	-		-	-	-	-	-
	T90	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
AI TSC	T0	-	-	-	-		-	-	-
	T30	-	-	-	-	-		-	-
	T60	-	-	-	-	-	-		-
	T90	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

HV, healthy volunteers; AI, adrenal insufficiency; TSC, total serum cortisol; SaC, salivary cortisol; T₀, baseline; T₃₀, 30 min after administration; T₆₀, 60 min after administration; T₉₀, 90 min after administration.
p <0.0001, p <0.01, and p >0.05.