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Attenuated salivary cortisol response after exercise test in children with asthma

  • Ieteke Hiemstra , Sigrid M. Heijsman , Nicoline F. Koers , Gianni Bocca , Betty S. van der Veen , Nic J.G.M. Veeger and Arvid W.A. Kamps EMAIL logo
Published/Copyright: September 11, 2014
Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism
From the journal Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism Volume 28 Issue 3-4

Abstract

Objective: The clinical relevance of lower basal cortisol levels in children with asthma is unclear. We compared the salivary cortisol response after a standardized exercise test in children with asthma versus the salivary cortisol response in healthy children.

Methods: Nineteen prepubertal children with asthma and 20 prepubertal healthy children performed a standardized exercise test twice. Salivary cortisol levels were determined before exercise and immediately and 15 min after exercise. Morning salivary cortisol levels were determined from saliva collected at home.

Results: Salivary cortisol levels increased in 84.2% of the healthy children compared to 35.0% in children with asthma after the 20-m shuttle-run test. Median increase in salivary cortisol levels was 200.3% [95% confidence interval (CI), 141.8–346.1] in healthy children compared to 89.8% (95% CI, 56.9–181.6) in children with asthma. The response was not related to the morning salivary cortisol level or maintenance dose of inhaled corticosteroids. The mean time to exhaustion of both shuttle-run tests was significantly shorter in children with asthma (mean difference 1.4 min; 95% CI, 0.7–2.3). None of the children had to stop because of dyspnea.

Conclusion: Our study demonstrates that children with asthma using a maintenance dose of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) have an attenuated salivary cortisol response compared with healthy children.

Keywords: adrenal response; asthma; exercise test; prepubertal children; salivary cortisol
Corresponding author: Arvid W.A. Kamps, Martini Ziekenhuis Groningen, Department of Pediatrics, P.O. Box 30033, Groningen, The Netherlands, Phone: +31 50 5246900, E-mail:

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Received: 2014-2-5
Accepted: 2014-8-5
Published Online: 2014-9-11
Published in Print: 2015-3-1

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https://doi.org/10.1515/jpem-2014-0061
Keywords for this article
adrenal response; asthma; exercise test; prepubertal children; salivary cortisol

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