RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Saliva aldosterone concentration in healthy infants.
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 508
OP 509
DO 10.1136/adc.61.5.508
VO 61
IS 5
A1 Few, J D
A1 Mangat, T K
A1 Oppe, T E
A1 James, V H
YR 1986
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/61/5/508.abstract
AB Aldosterone and glucocorticoid (cortisol + cortisone) concentrations were measured in 106 saliva samples from healthy infants. Most aldosterone values fell within the adult range (0-0.15 nmol/l (0-5.4 micrograms/100 ml)), but 10 were greater than 0.2 nmol/l (7.2 micrograms/100 ml). Aldosterone concentration was not related to sex, ethnic origin, time of collection, distress, or cortisol concentration but decreased with age.