Bibian van der Voorn

91 MILK GLUCOCORTICOID DIURNAL RHYTHMICITY Time of the day, h 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Milk cortisol concentration, nmol/L 50 40 30 20 10 0 A Page 1 Time of the day, h 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Milk cortisone concentration, nmol/L 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 B Page 1 Time of the day, h 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Milk cortisone / (cortisol + cortisone) ratio 1,0 ,9 ,8 ,7 ,6 ,5 ,4 . 0. 0.8 0. 0. 0. 0. C SUPPLEMENTAL FIGURE 1. Scatter plot with the estimated cubic model in red, describing the diurnal variation of milk cortisol (A), milk cortisone (B) and the cortisone/(cortisol + cortisone) ratio (C) in week 4 postpartum: Study 2