Following DXM both measurements showed an approximately 30% suppression from baseline but the variability of salivary cortisol was much greater. From the Bland–Altman plots the 95% range for the differences about their mean was calculated and used as an indication of repeatability. For plasma 95%...
SUBJECTS AND DESIGN: A low dose DST was carried out in 29 healthy subjects (14 men, 15 women), aged 24–54 (mean 35.1) years, on two separate occasions 1–10 weeks apart. Following the administration of 0.25 mg dexamethasone (DXM) at 2200 h, plasma and saliva were sampled at 0830 h...