DST status and blood chemistries in prepubertal children

Cholesterol, sodium, potassium, and serum glucose were examined to determine if they could predict status on the dexamethasone suppression test (DST) in 59 depressed prepubertal psychiatric inpatients and 21 nondepressed psychiatric inpatients. Multivariate analyses found that none of these variables, alone or combined, were predictive of DST results.