Table 2: Laboratory findings of patients with adrenal sufficiency vs. those with adrenal insufficiency.

Clinical/Laboratory Data Overall Total Adrenal Sufficiency Adrenal Insufficiency P-value
Baseline Serum Cortisol Levels (mmol/L), MD (IQR) 398.0
(255.0, 509.0)
473.0
(355.0, 573.)
255.0
(168.0, 343.0)
<0.0001
Post-Injection Serum Cortisol Levels (mmol/L), MD (IQR) 537.0
(453.0, 632.0)
606.0
(543.0, 674.0)
425.5
(392.5, 464.0)
<0.0001
Δ Serum Cortisol Levels (mmol/L) M±SD 147.3 ± 122.7 150.2 ± 117.0 142.1 ± 142.1 0.7980
Sodium (mmol/L), MD (IQR) 135.0
(131.0, 139.0)
135.0
(130.0, 139.0)
137.0
(133.0, 139.0)
0.2488
Potassium (mmol/L), M± SD 3.99 ± 0.77 6.0 ± 2.9 5.5 ± 1.8 0.3486
Fasting serum Glucose (mmol/L), MD (IQR) 5.1 (4.6, 6.1) 5.5 (4.7, 6.4) 4.9 (4.4, 5.5) 0.1705
CD4 count MD (IQR) 187.0
(42.0, 565.0)
125.5
(29.0, 456.0)
197.0
(44.0, 713.0)
0.4522
Lipoarabinomannan (LAM), MD (IQR) 1.0
(1.0, 1.0)
1.0
(1.0, 1.0)
1.0
(1.0, 1.0)
0.8647
GeneXpert- Positive Results, n (%) 13 (16.7) 7 (14.9) 6 (21.1) 0.4672
Burden of Symptoms, M± SD 4.8 ± 2.4 4.6 ± 2.4 5.3 ± 2.4 0.2091
Burden of Signs, M± SD 4.9 ± 1.4 5.0 ± 1.5 4.9 ± 1.2 0.7204
Burden of Signs & Symptoms, M± SD 9.6 ± 3.2 9.5 ± 3.1 10.1 ± 3.1 0.4235

Legend: M: Mean; SD: Standard Deviation; MD: median; IQR: Inter-quartile Range;