Evaluation of Midnight Salivary Cortisol as a Predictor Factor for Common Carotid Arteries Intima Media Thickness in Patients with Clinically Inapparent Adrenal Adenomas
Table 1
Demographic, anthropometric, and hormonal characteristics of the patients with AI.
Patients
Age
Sex
BMI
Hypertension
IGT/diabetes
Mass size
MSC
UFC
ACTH
Cortisol after 1 mg DST
SCS
Left IMT
Right IMT
(years)
(M/F)
(kg/m2)
(Y/N)
(Y/N)
(cm)
(nmol/L)
(nmol/24 h)
(pmol/L)
(nmol/L)
(Y/N)
(cm)
(cm)
#1
58
F
23.1
Y
N
2.2
4.7
118.6
2.4
179.4
Y
0.07
0.07
#2
56
F
23.5
N
N
3.5
2.7
126.9
4.6
66.2
N
0.08
0.08
#3
57
F
24.0
Y
N
2.4
5.8
750.7
2.4
44.1
Y
0.05
0.05
#4
56
M
27.5
N
N
3.0
2.7
540.9
9.0
55.2
Y
0.06
0.08
#5
58
F
24.4
Y
Y
2.0
22.1
110.4
2.2
44.1
N
0.08
0.08
#6
44
F
37.7
Y
Y
2.0
8.5
162.8
18.9
27.6
N
0.05
0.06
#7
53
F
21.6
N
N
2.5
7.7
52.4
2.3
74.5
N
0.06
0.08
#8
37
F
27.6
N
N
1.9
8.5
836.2
5.7
113.1
Y
0.03
0.03
#9
56
F
34.0
Y
Y
2.4
8.5
237.3
1.7
77.2
Y
0.08
0.07
#10
53
F
20.7
Y
N
3.3
2.7
494.1
1.6
41.4
N
0.06
0.06
#11
43
F
20.7
N
Y
3.5
2.7
460.9
3.5
46.9
N
0.06
0.06
#12
60
F
36.0
N
N
1.5
2.7
242.8
4.6
63.4
N
0.07
0.08
#13
43
M
26.6
N
N
3.0
5.5
184.9
3.3
41.4
N
0.07
0.08
#14
58
F
36.9
N
Y
2.7
2.7
314.6
4.6
184.9
Y
0.05
0.05
#15
46
F
21.0
N
N
2.0
2.7
474.7
3.5
41.4
N
0.05
0.05
#16
71
M
24.5
N
N
2.0
2.7
411.2
3.4
66.2
N
0.08
0.08
#17
70
F
23.4
Y
N
4.0
7.4
322.9
1.5
55.2
Y
0.08
0.08
#18
63
M
28.0
Y
N
2.0
6.6
673.4
1.1
41.4
N
0.06
0.05
#19
67
M
27.7
Y
N
2.5
2.7
298.1
4.1
82.8
N
0.07
0.07
#20
72
M
29.6
Y
Y
3.0
2.7
146.2
4.6
77.2
N
0.11
0.12
#21
64
F
20.3
N
Y
3.0
3.8
140.7
4.8
71.7
N
0.06
0.07
#22
70
F
19.0
Y
N
3.0
9.9
146.2
1.1
146.8
Y
0.09
0.10
#23
62
M
29.4
Y
Y
2.0
2.7
342.2
1.1
44.1
N
0.09
0.08
#24
64
F
26.9
Y
Y
2.0
4.7
226.3
0.7
113.1
Y
0.08
0.07
#25
64
M
27.3
Y
Y
3.7
6.9
447.1
3.3
110.4
Y
0.06
0.07
#26
62
M
26.8
Y
Y
3.0
2.7
113.1
2.6
66.2
N
0.08
0.08
#27
62
M
27.2
N
N
3.5
2.7
419.5
3.3
55.2
Y
0.06
0.07
#28
74
M
29.7
Y
Y
6.0
2.7
171.1
3.3
124.2
N
0.08
0.08
#29
70
F
27.9
N
Y
2.5
13.2
794.8
2.8
38.6
N
0.05
0.05
#30
70
M
28.1
N
Y
2.7
11.0
126.9
4.6
27.6
N
0.05
0.05
#31
61
F
28.0
Y
Y
3.0
8.5
187.6
2.2
38.6
N
0.10
0.10
#32
68
M
31.8
Y
Y
2.5
8.0
187.6
1.1
129.7
Y
0.09
0.10
SCS = subclinical Cushing syndrome, AI = adrenal incidentaloma, IMT = intima media thickness, BMI = body mass index, IGT = impaired glucose tolerance, Y = yes, N = no, MSC = midnight salivary cortisol, UFC = urinary free cortisol, and ACTH = adrenocorticotropin hormone.