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Table 1 Laboratory characteristics at the first admission and 1 year after bilateral adrenalectomy

From: ACTH-independent Cushing’s syndrome with bilateral cortisol-secreting adrenal adenomas: a case report and review of literatures

 

First admission

One year after operation

Reference values

WBC (109/L)

8.44

8.75

3.5- 9.5

Hb (g/L)

127

124

115- 150

Plt (109/L)

195

262

100- 300

Glu (mmol/L)

7.33

4.77

3.9- 5.9

ALT (IU/L)

30

23

<  40

AST (IU/L)

35

27

<  35

Cre (umol/L)

52.0

48.0

37.0- 110.0

BUN (mmol/L)

6.05

4.60

3.13- 8.17

LDL-c (mmol/L)

3.29

1.58

<  4.0

TG (mmol/L)

1.95

1.15

0.29- 1.83

K (mmol/L)

3.63

4.04

3.5- 5.3

Na (mmol/L)

145.5

144.4

137.0- 147.0

HbA1c (%)

6.6

6.0

4.5- 6.1

BNP (pg/ml)

813

168

0- 334

cTnT (ng/L)

18.4

12.1

0- 14

CK-MB (ng/mL)

6.20

5.40

<  2.88

Aldosterone (ng/dL)

17.15

9.8- 27.5

PRA (ng/mL.h)

6.62

0.93- 6.56

ARR (ng/dL: ng/mL.h)

2.59

Plasma norepinephrine (ng/L)

152

174- 357

Plasma epinephrine (ng/L)

76

60- 104

Urinary norepinephrine (μg/24 h)

8.68

16.3-41.5

Urinary epinephrine (μg/24 h)

3.21

7.5-21.9

  1. ALT alanine aminotransferase, ARR aldosterone-to-renin ratio, AST aspartate transaminase, BNP brain natriuretic peptide, BUN blood urea nitrogen, CK-MB creatine kinase-MB, Cre creatinine, cTnT cardiac troponin T, Glu glucose, Hb hemoglobin, HbA1c glycosylated hemoglobin, K potassium, LDL-c low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, Na sodium, Plt platelet, PRA plasma renin activity, TG triglyceride, WBC white blood cell count