“…Five studies reported salivary cortisol concentrations (45,(47)(48)(49)70), five studies reported serum cortisol concentrations (50,65,(67)(68)(69), four reported plasma cortisol concentrations (53,56,64,66), and two reported both salivary and plasma cortisol concentrations (51,52). Ten studies were performed with Caucasians (45,47,50,52,56,(64)(65)(66)(67)69), four studies sampled Asians (48,49,53,68), and two studies sampled mixed ethnicities (51,70). Fourteen out of 16 studies assessed adult samples, the other two assessed pediatric samples (45,48).…”