Highlights
Dried urine is an alternative to liquid urine for measuring cortisol and its metabolites.
4-spot urine sampling is representative of a 24-hour urine collection.
4-spot urinary cortisol measures reflect the diurnal pattern of change in cortisol.
Comprehensive profiling of cortisol is viable using both saliva plus dried urine samples.
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