Body Image Disturbance in Acromegaly Patients Compared to Nonfunctioning Pituitary Adenoma Patients and Controls

Table 1

Participant demographics and characteristics.

	Acromegaly	Nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma	Control
Age
Mean SD
Range	25–83	26–91	25–70
Median	58	65	53
Gender
Female	13	6	14
Male	19	23	7
Ethnicity
NZ European	27	23	15
Maori/PI	4	6	5
Other	1	0	1
Relationship status
Partnered	26	19	14
Single	6	10	6
Clinical characteristics
BMI
Mean ± SD
Range	23.1–61.7	18.9–44.4	22.1–38.8
Obese	[50%]	[66%]	[44%]
IGF-1 levels
Low			—
Normal
High		—	—
Initial surgery (1977–2012)
TSH, transfrontal or craniotomy			—
Pending		—	—
Second surgery (1978–2012)
TSH	4	3	—
Pending	1	—	—
Radiotherapy	10	10	—
Number of current medications
0-1	10	6	13
2-3	8	12	4
>3	14	11	4

Notes: missing data; low or high IGF-1 levels were defined as those outside the age and sex matched reference range.