Fig 1.
Flow chart of the study population.
Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics of the participants.
Table 2.
Diurnal salivary cortisol of the study participants, before (Day 1) and after (Day 2) a low-dose dexamethasone suppression test.
Fig 2.
Diurnal cortisol patterns and dexamethasone suppression test responses of the participants.
Diurnal salivary cortisol concentrations during Day 1 and after a low-dose dexamethasone suppression test (Day 2) among adults born preterm at very low birth weight (VLBW; <1500g) (continuous lines) and controls born at term (dashed lines).
Table 3.
Mixed model results, showing overall differences in daily salivary cortisol concentrations between very low birth weight (VLBW, <1500g) and control participants, presented as mean differences (95% CI).