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Table 1 Comparison of hormonal, antropometric, clinical, radiologic, biochemical and metabolic parameters between NFAI and ACS

From: The prevalence and characteristics of non-functioning and autonomous cortisol secreting adrenal incidentaloma after patients’ stratification by body mass index and age

Variables

NFAI (N = 290)

ACS (N = 142)

P

Age (yr)

61.76 ± 11.13 [62.67 (53.34–70.47)]

64.90 ± 12.08 [66.1 (54.94–74.8)]

0.008

Maximal tumor size (mm)

23.7 ± 11.1 [22.2 (16–29.0)]

30.3 ± 13.3 [30 (22.5–35.5)]

< 0.001

Size of rightsided tumor (mm)

23.7 ± 9.8 [23 (17.3–28)]

28.3 ± 11.1 [28.5 (20.0–35.0)]

< 0.001

Size of leftsided tumor (mm)

21.5 ± 11.9 [20 (14–25)]

28.4 ± 15.5 [26 (20–35)]

< 0.001

Basal serum cortisol (nmol/l)

398.33 ± 128.24 [384 (320–451.8)]

481.02 ± 240.00 [457 (350.25–556.25)]

< 0.001

Serum cortisol after ODST (nmol/l)a

32.8 ± 6.7 [29.4 (27.6–37.6)]

108.6 ± 277.4 [67.8 (55.9–87.4)]

< 0.001

ACTH (pmol/l)

2.22 ± 1.42 [1.90 (1.17–2.81)]

3.34 ± 7.54 [1.58 (1.11–2.58)]

0.398

Basal DHEAS (μmol/L)

1.92 ± 1.29 [1.7 (1–2.43)]

1.09 ± 0.94 [0.9 (0.4–1.4)]

< 0.001

DHEAS after ODST (μmol/L)

0.93 ± 0.76 [0.7 (0.4–1.2)]

0.74 ± 0.67 [0.5 (0.3–1)]

0.027

Aldosteron (nmol/l)

0.20 ± 0.13 [0.17 (0.11–0.25)]

0.26 ± 0.21 [0.21 (0.12–0.3)]

0.039

Plasma Renin Activity – PRA (μg/l/h)

1.25 ± 2.29 [0.38 (0.16–1.37)]

1.68 ± 3.19 [0.59 (0.19–1.63)]

0.132

TSH (mE/l)

2.93 ± 2.50 [1.68 (1.13–5.43)]

2.75 ± 2.57 [1.41 (0.6–5.73)]

0.186

Body mass (kg)

80.51 ± 15.92 [79.6 (68.75–89.45)]

77.15 ± 16.37 [74.8 (65.78–87.18)]

0.023

BMI (kg/m2)

29.33 ± 5.62 [28.59 (25.61–32.13)]

28.56 ± 5.37 [27.77 (25.48–31.28)]

0.287

Systolic blood

pressure (mm Hg)

138.36 ± 18.94 [140 (124–151)]

141.63 ± 24.02 [140 (125–155)]

0.339

Diastolic blood

pressure (mm Hg)

77.74 ± 11.51 [76 (70–85)]

77.72 ± 12.02 [75 (70–85)]

0.896

Fasting glucose (mmol/liter)

5.75 ± 1.40 [5.4 (4.9–6.13)]

5.78 ± 1.71 [5.4 (5–6.1)]

0.876

Total cholesterol (mmol/liter)

5.14 ± 1.14 [5.1 (4.4–5.8)]

5.09 ± 1.17 [5.1 (4.3–5.75)]

0.716

HDL (mmol/liter)

1.31 ± 0.36 [1.3 (1.1–1.5)]

1.32 ± 0.41 [1.2 (1–1.5)]

0.849

LDL (mmol/liter)

3.15 ± 0.98 [3.1 (2.4–3.78)]

3.05 ± 1.00 [3 (2.5–3.7)]

0.473

Triglycerides (mmol/liter)

1.75 ± 0.95 [1.5 (1.2–2.1)]

1.77 ± 0.88 [1.6 (1.2–2.1)]

0.622

  1. afor 70 patients, data were provided as below 27.6, for 20 below 28 and for 1 below 31.3
  2. Data are given as mean ± SD [Median (25–75%)]