Repeated salivary daytime cortisol and onset of mood episodes in offspring of bipolar parents

International Journal of Bipolar Disorders

Table 2 Mean baseline cortisol values (nmol/L) in high-risk and control offspring

Cortisol measurement	High-risk			High-risk new mood episode/recurrence			High-risk unaffected			Control
Cortisol measurement	Mean	SD	n	Mean	SD	n	Mean	SD	n	Mean	SD	n
CAR	1.5821	2.6985	53	1.1117	2.3158	14	1.4511	2.7074	27	1.1883	4.0286	22
Time 3^a	1.7211	2.2336	53	2.1078	1.7483	14	1.7710	2.8267	27	1.9424	1.5352	21
AUC^b	212,337.09	88,505.58	47	216,718.2277	92,904.24	14	206,593.52	99,296.26	23	265,085.77	185,938.31	19

Values are untransformed and unadjusted
SD standard deviation, CAR cortisol awakening response, AUC area under the curve (ground)
^a8:00 p.m. cortisol
^bSeconds*nmol/L