Exploring Reference Values for Hair Cortisol

June 2020 in “ Therapeutic drug monitoring ”

Nadine Frisch, Anna Eichler, Anne-Christine Plank, Yulia Golub, Gunther H. Moll, Oliver Kratz

hair cortisol concentration hair protein concentration hair sample weight cortisol-to-protein ratio

Studysummary This study found that hair sample weight was a better predictor of hair cortisol concentration than hair protein concentration, suggesting that using the standard cortisol-to-weight ratio is more suitable for measuring cumulative cortisol activity in scalp hair.

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