Table 2 Cortisol, DHEA, DHEA-S, and DHEA-S/DHEA ratio

Day 1

Time 1

2.93

(0.29)

2.68

(0.24)

1.09

(0.08)

1.04

(0.06)

Time 2

3.82

(0.30)

3.87

(0.24)

1.08

(0.08)

1.14

(0.06)

Time 3

1.44

(0.29)

1.08

(0.25)

0.74

(0.08)

0.81

(0.06)

Day 2

Time 1

3.24

(0.30)

3.50

(0.24)

1.19

(0.08)

1.09

(0.07)

Time 2

4.64

(0.30)

3.65

(0.24)

1.10

(0.08)

1.12

(0.06)

Time 3

1.85

(0.30)

2.06

(0.25)

0.80

(0.08)

0.77

(0.06)

Day 3

Time 1

3.19

(0.32)

3.33

(0.23)

1.16

(0.08)

1.25

(0.06)

Time 2

4.52

(0.32)

4.22

(0.23)

1.11

(0.08)

1.26

(0.06)

Time 3

1.66

(0.33)

1.94

(0.26)

0.73

(0.08)

0.80

(0.06)

Day 4

Time 1

2.56

(0.31)

3.13

(0.25)

0.94

(0.09)

1.00

(0.07)

Time 2

3.28

(0.31)

3.19

(0.25)

0.95

(0.08)

1.04

(0.06)

Time 3

1.15

(0.33)

1.64

(0.25)

0.65

(0.08)

0.70

(0.06)

Day 1

Time 1

3.85

(0.44)

3.48

(0.36)

3.85

(0.53)

3.38

(0.44)

Time 2

2.23

(0.45)

2.93

(0.36)

2.23

(0.55)

2.55

(0.44)

Time 3

2.80

(0.45)

2.43

(0.36)

4.07

(0.55)

3.07

(0.44)

Day 2

Time 1

3.13

(0.45)

3.52

(0.36)

2.58

(0.55)

3.10

(0.49)

Time 2

2.26

(0.45)

2.56

(0.36)

2.04

(0.55)

2.44

(0.44)

Time 3

1.76

(0.45)

2.26

(0.36)

2.32

(0.55)

3.16

(0.44)

Day 3

Time 1

3.77

(0.47)

3.86

(0.36)

3.52

(0.58)

3.25

(0.44)

Time 2

1.70

(0.47)

2.23

(0.36)

1.52

(0.58)

1.84

(0.43)

Time 3

2.01

(0.45)

2.59

(0.36)

3.00

(0.55)

3.42

(0.44)

Day 4

Time 1

2.62

(0.48)

3.29

(0.37)

2.61

(0.62)

3.50

(0.46)

Time 2

1.95

(0.46)

3.20

(0.37)

2.22

(0.57)

3.20

(0.45)

Time 3

2.14

(0.45)

2.47

(0.37)

3.51

(0.55)

3.67

(0.45)