Cortisol level after dexamethasone suppression test in patients with non-functioning adrenal incidentaloma is positively associated with the duration of reactive hyperemia response on microvascular bed.
M P de PaulaA B MoraesM das Graças Coelho de SouzaE M R CavalariR C CampbellG da Silva FernandesM L F FariasL M C MendonçaM MadeiraE BouskelaL G Kraemer-AguiarLeonardo V NetoPublished in: Journal of endocrinological investigation (2020)
Since both groups herein investigated had a high frequency of metabolic syndrome and ASCVD risk, it might explain similarities observed on endothelial reactivity. Nevertheless, prolonged reactive hyperemia response on microcirculation was correlated with cortisol levels under suppression.