Basal and Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Stimulated Plasma Cortisol Levels Among Egyptian Autistic Children: Relation to Disease Severity

Table 1 Comparison of basal and ACTH stimulated plasma cortisol, and ACTH levels among autistic patients and controls.

	Patients	Controls	t	p
Morning basal cortisol (ug/dl)	11.02 ± 5.23 (2.41-19.29)	18.94 ± 3.05 (10.32-24.10)	5.67	0.032*
Morning ACTH (Pg/ml)	31.89 ± 10.17 (18.82-56.24)	21.89 ± 6.15 (12.67-34.21)	6.28	0.01*
Cortisol 60 minutes after ACTH stimulation (ug/dl)	22.92 ± 3.12 (14.38-28.08)	27.01 ± 2.19 (18.23 ± 32.81)	4.39	0.04*

Results are expressed as mean± SD and range, p < 0.05*: significant, ACTH: adrenocorticotropic hormone.

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