Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Prevalence of CS without specific signs is thought to be high, which might be an indication for its general screening. However, conclusive data about its diagnostics is absent.Design: 189 overweight patients were studied. Nobody had clinical evidence of hypercortisolism. Diagnostic of CS was 1-mg overnight dexamethasone suppression test (1-mg DST; cut off 50 nmol/l) as a screening; midnight plasma cortisol (MPC) (<207 nmol/l) and 24-h u...