Cardiovascular System Changes and Related Risk Factors in Acromegaly Patients: A Case-Control Study

Table 1

Demographic, clinical, and endocrine characteristics.

	ACM ()	Control ()	value
Male, (%)	44 ()	44 ()	>0.99
Age, years			0.79
BMI, kg/m^2			0.11
Smoking, (%)	46 ()	53 ()	0.34
HT, (%)	30 ()	41 ()	0.11
DM, (%)	59 ()	25 ()	<0.001
Dyslipidemia, (%)	15 ()	17 ()	0.70
Nadir GH, ng/mL		—	—
Fasting GH, ng/mL		—	—
IGF-1, ng/mL		—	—
DD, month		—	—

The data are presented as mean ± SD. ACM = acromegaly; BMI = body mass index; HT = hypertension; DM = diabetes mellitus; IGF-1 = insulin-like growth factor 1; and DD = disease duration.