Figure 2

Baseline circadian salivary cortisol levels and cortisol levels after DST. Differences in baseline circadian salivary cortisol levels between: placebo responders and non-responders (A), FLX responders and non-responders (B), FLX remitters and non-remitters (C), and between the groups that abandoned the treatment before and after the third week of FLX treatment and the group that completed the two months (D) and comparing the group that completed the treatment to those who abandoned after the third week (E). The colors of the curves are described in each graph. The asterisks represent statistical significance evaluated by t-test (* = p < 0.05 and ** p <0.01) except in the case of the abandonment study which was assessed by ANOVA (Kruskal-Wallis). The graphs also show the p values obtained by comparing the curves using the general linear model for repeated measures. Error bars represent the SEM.