“…In MetS patients we observed no correlation between BMI and plasma DEX concentration after 0.25‐, 0.5‐, and 1.0‐mg DEX suppression doses ( r = −0.07, r = 0.11, and r = 0.03, respectively), as we had previously reported in the control subjects . After 1.0‐mg DEX, no difference in circulating plasma DEX levels was observed between suppressors (MetS patients who suppressed both salivary and plasma cortisol) and nonsuppressors (4.3 ± 0.46 and 3.0 ± 0.53 nmol/L, respectively, P = .1).…”