Glucocorticoid sensitivity in young healthy individuals: in vitro and in vivo studies.

Context: Interindividual variation and tissue specificity of glucocorticoid (GC) sensitivity may occur in healthy subjects.

Objective And Participants: The objective of this study was to evaluate the GC sensitivity in 40 healthy young subjects (21 women and 19 men; 22-42 yr old).

Design: We measured salivary and plasma cortisol levels before and after the administration of 0.