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  • Assessment of the cortisol ...
    Smyth, Nina; Thorn, Lisa; Hucklebridge, Frank; Clow, Angela; Evans, Phil

    Psychoneuroendocrinology, 12/2016, Letnik: 74
    Journal Article

    Highlights • All cortisol data objectively verified for awakening and saliva sampling times. • Cortisol growth curve plot against real-time not affected by protocol deviance. • In healthy young adults the mean CAR was a 100% increase from awakening cortisol. • Curvilinear delay effect on CAR size if protocol times wrongly assumed accurate. • Electronic-monitoring vital for CAR measurement and meaningful interpretation.