Midnight salivary cortisol secretion and the use of antidepressants were associated with abdominal obesity in women with type 1 diabetes: a cross sectional study

Table 2 Comparisons of MSC levels between men and women, and between four age categories presented for each sex

	All	Women	Men	P ^a	Women				P ^b	Men				P ^b
Age (years)	18–59	18–59	19–59		18–< 30	30–< 40	40–< 50	50–59		19–< 30	30–< 40	40–< 50	50–59
N	190	86	104		19	19	25	23		21	16	28	39
MSC (nmol/l)	5.0 (3.1, 7.6)	5.6 (3.2, 8.2)	4.6 (3.1, 6.9)	0.072	6.5 (2.9, 7.9)	5.4 (3.2, 7.9)	5.3 (3.1–9.0)	5.8 (3.6, 9.4)	0.87	4.6 (2.8–5.3)	3.2 (2.5, 4.7)	5.2 (3.1, 9.4)	5.3 (3.6, 8.6)	0.049
High MSC^d	64 (32.6)	37 (43.0)	27 (26.0)	0.048^c	9 (47.4)	6 (31.6)	12 (48.0)	10 (43.5)	0.75 ^c	2 (9.5)	3 (18.8)	9 (32.1)	13 (33.3)	0.027^c
Inter–mediate MSC^e	64 (33.7)	24 (27.9)	40 (38.5)		4 (21.1)	7 (36.8)	6 (24.0)	7 (30.4)		11 (52.4)	3 (18.8)	10 (35.7)	16 (41.0)
Low MSC^f	62 (33.7)	25 (29.1)	37 (35.6)		6 (31.6)	6 (31.6)	7 (28.0)	6 (26.1)		8 (38.1)	10 (62.4)	9 (32.1)	10 (25.6)

Data are presented as median (q₁, q₃) midnight salivary cortisol (MSC) or N (%). ^aMann–Whitney U test unless otherwise indicated. ^bKruskal–Wallis H test unless otherwise indicated. ^cLinear by linear association. ^d≥ 6.7 nmol/l, ^e≥ 3.7 to < 6.7 nmol/l, ^f< 3.7 nmol/l

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