Morning cortisol as an alternative to Short Synecthan test for the diagnosis of primary adrenal insufficiency.

Mean difference between baseline cortisol and 60 minutes post-synacthen test was 10.075mcg/dl which was highly significant ( p -value <0.001) ( Table-I ). 140 (85%) study participants had post-short synacthen cortisol level < 20mcg/dl while 24 (15%) of them had post-synacthen cortisol level > 20 mcg/dl ( Table–II ).

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