Table 2

Reference range for serum cortisol in well preterm infants

Gestational age (weeks) Cortisol (nmol/l)
24110–744
25100–671
2690–605
2781–545
2873–491
2966–443
  • Based on the regression equation (log(cortisol) = 3.5373 − 0.045 × GA) and the residual standard deviation (0.207098) about the regression line, a reference range for each week of GA is given by the points determined by mean ±2 residual standard deviations on the logarithmic scale, which were transformed back to the original units.