Increased Prevalence of Colorectal Polyp in Acromegaly Patients: A Case-Control Study

Table 1

Characteristics of the study population.

	Acromegaly group; ( = 66)	Control group; ( = 65)	value
Age (mean ± SD)	51.5 ± 12.8	51.4 ± 12.9	0.97
Gender
Female	27 (40.9%)	29 (44.6%)	0.66
Male	39 (59.1%)	36 (55.4%)
Polyp
Yes	20 (30.3%)	8 (12.3%)	0.018
No	46 (69.7%)	57 (87.7%)
Diverticula
Yes	15 (22.7%)	7 (10.8%)	0.067
No	58 (87.9%)	58 (89.2%)
Number of polyps (mean ± SD)	3.2 ± 1.5	2.1 ± 0.9	0.06
The largest polyp diameter mm/(mean ± SD)	5.4 ± 3.4	6.8 ± 2.4	0.64