Figure 2
From: Steroidogenesis in the adrenal dysfunction of critical illness: impact of etomidate
Poor relation between cortisol/11β-deoxycortisol ratio and delta cortisol. The figure represents the relation between cortisol/11β-deoxycortisol and the cortisol increase with exogenous ACTH, in septic (upper panel, r = 0.14; p = 0.77) and nonseptic (lower panel, r = 0.19; p = 0.38) patients, without (open symbols) or with (solid symbols) etomidate. For etomidate: r = -0.34; p = 0.23; for no etomidate, r = -0.07; p = 0.61.