Weller R A, Weller E B, Fristad M A, Cantwell M L, Preskorn S H
Am J Psychiatry. 1985 Nov;142(11):1370-2. doi: 10.1176/ajp.142.11.1370.
Results of the dexamethasone suppression test (DST) and the cortisol suppression index (CSI) were compared in 50 depressed prepubertal children and 36 control subjects. The 4:00 p.m. DST, the two-point DST, and the 8:00 a.m. revised criterion CSI yielded the best results and had similar clinical utility and diagnostic confidence values.
对50名青春期前抑郁儿童和36名对照受试者的地塞米松抑制试验（DST）结果和皮质醇抑制指数（CSI）进行了比较。下午4点的DST、两点DST和上午8点修订标准的CSI产生了最佳结果，并且具有相似的临床效用和诊断置信度值。
