Cortisol-Saliva

Sample Type:

Room temperature: 2 days, Chilled: 1 week, Frozen: 6 months

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Turnaround Time:

2 weeks (if dilution/control needed - TAT 4 weeks)

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Sample Stability:

Room temperature: 2 days, Chilled: 1 week, Frozen: 6 months

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Instrument / Procedure:

Radioimmunoassay

Units:

A:ng/mL

B:nmol/L

Reference Range:

Reference values for salivary cortisol

- Wake up: 1,1 - 8,0 ng/mL i.e. 3,1 - 22.2 nmol/L

- 30 minutes later: 2,0 - 10,8 ng/mL i.e. 5,5 - 29,7 nmol/L

- 1 hour after: 1,0 - 9,4 ng/mL i.e. 2,8 - 25,8 nmol/L

- 2 hours after: 0,8 - 5,7 ng/mL i.e. 2,3 - 15,9 nmol/L

- 5 hours after: 0,7 - 3,6 ng/mL i.e. 2,0 - 9,8 nmol/L

- 8 hours after: 0,6 - 3,1 ng/mL i.e. 1,5 - 8,7 nmol/L

-12 hours after: 0,3 - 3,2 ng/mL i.e. 0,9 - 8,9 nmol/L

- Midnight: < 1,1 ng/mL i.e. < 3,0 nmol/L

Precautions:

Accreditation Status:

Not Accredited

Testing Laboratory:

Eurofins Biomnis France