Pre- and Postoperative Body Composition and Metabolic Characteristics in Patients with Acromegaly: A Prospective Study

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of the acromegaly patients and the controls.

		Male	Female	Age ≤ 40	Age > 40
Height, cm	Acromegaly patients	172.99 ± 4.81	160.04 ± 6.45	166.84 ± 7.39	165.13 ± 9.50
	Controls	165.37 ± 8.49	161.12 ± 5.70	162.04 ± 5.52	163.46 ± 8.30
Weight, kg	Acromegaly patients	79.81 ± 9.24	64.30 ± 7.81	69.51 ± 10.54	72.26 ± 12.09
	Controls	74.35 ± 9.76	60.22 ± 9.90	62.58 ± 13.02	68.51 ± 10.75
BMI	Acromegaly patients	26.61 ± 2.23	25.13 ± 2.95	24.90 ± 2.63	26.35 ± 2.69
	Controls	27.28 ± 3.71	23.15 ± 3.24	23.75 ± 4.27	25.64 ± 3.60
Hypertension, n/%	Acromegaly patients	3/18.75%	6/30.00%	0/0.00%	9/40.91%
	Controls	1/6.67%	2/9.09%	0/0.00%	3/14.29%
Diabetes mellitus, n/%	Acromegaly patients	2/12.50%	3/15.00%	2/14.29%	3/13.64%
	Controls	1/6.67%	0/0.00%	0/0.00%	1/4.76%
Fasting GH, ng/ml	Acromegaly patients	32.71 ± 45.08	14.54 ± 15.31	30.93 ± 48.12	17.32 ± 17.16
	Controls	0.47 ± 0.49	0.47 ± 0.45	0.62 ± 0.48	0.36 ± 0.42
IGF-1, ng/ml	Acromegaly patients	1040.03 ± 179.60	785.35 ± 239.15	1007.29 ± 289.03	829.34 ± 248.12
	Controls	179.60 ± 127.48	164.23 ± 92.72	194.00 ± 135.01	152.52 ± 77.82

Comparisons were performed between the patients with acromegaly and the controls. ; .