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

Table 3

Self-reported appearance concerns on the BIDQ by group.

(a) All participants expressing concerns ()

	Women’s concerns ()		Men’s concerns ()
All groups		Concerns		Concerns
	22		15
Acromegaly	7	Being obese or weight gain , facial changes hands too large xanthelasma (1)	7	Jaw/facial features body size hands and feet
NFPA	4	Weight “fat parts” stretch marks	5	Weight , size of stomach loss of muscle
Control	11	Weight fat stomach/body hairiness large hands, jaw teeth wrinkles/old age	3	Nose stomach expanding waist/weight

(b) Obese participants expressing concerns ()

	Women’s concerns ()		Men’s concerns ()
All groups		Concerns		Concerns
	9		8
Acromegaly	3	Being obese or weight gain	3	Jaw/facial features body size
NFPA	2	Weight “fat parts”	3	Weight , size of stomach
Control	4	Weight fat stomach/body hairiness	2	Nose expanding waist/weight