TABLE 2

Day-to-day variability of endogenous cortisol 6β-hydroxylation clearance

SubjectAgeSexCortisol 6β-Hydroxylation Clearance [CLm(6β)]
Mean ± S.D.CV (%)RangeVariability
yearsml/minml/minfold
123F2.40 ± 0.4518.91.55–3.512.3
223F3.80 ± 0.6717.52.96–5.181.8
323F2.25 ± 0.3716.51.41–2.892.0
423F2.66 ± 0.5018.82.05–4.282.1
523F1.76 ± 0.3620.70.91–2.873.2
638F2.11 ± 0.4019.01.69–3.352.0
723F2.98 ± 0.4916.42.12–4.001.9
823F1.77 ± 0.3318.61.18–2.372.0
934F1.96 ± 0.2211.21.61–2.431.5
1024F3.28 ± 0.8124.82.34–5.682.4
1132F2.03 ± 0.4723.11.34–3.132.3
1245F2.49 ± 0.6024.01.34–3.902.9
1358M4.17 ± 1.2630.21.72–5.853.4
1435M1.92 ± 0.3819.61.01–2.452.4
Mean ± S.D.30.5 ± 10.72.54 ± 0.7620.0 ± 4.52.30 ± 0.53