Research Article

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.

PatientsAge Sex BMIHypertensionIGT/diabetesMass sizeMSC UFC ACTH Cortisol after 1 mg DSTSCS Left IMTRight IMT
(years)(M/F) (kg/m2) (Y/N) (Y/N)(cm)(nmol/L)(nmol/24 h)(pmol/L) (nmol/L)(Y/N) (cm) (cm)

#158F23.1YN2.24.7118.62.4179.4Y0.070.07
#256F23.5NN3.52.7126.94.666.2N0.080.08
#357F24.0YN2.45.8750.72.444.1Y0.050.05
#456M27.5NN3.02.7540.99.055.2Y0.060.08
#558F24.4YY2.022.1110.42.244.1N0.080.08
#644F37.7YY2.08.5162.818.927.6N0.050.06
#753F21.6NN2.57.752.42.374.5N0.060.08
#837F27.6NN1.98.5836.25.7113.1Y0.030.03
#956F34.0YY2.48.5237.31.777.2Y0.080.07
#1053F20.7YN3.32.7494.11.641.4N0.060.06
#1143F20.7NY3.52.7460.93.546.9N0.060.06
#1260F36.0NN1.52.7242.84.663.4N0.070.08
#1343M26.6NN3.05.5184.93.341.4N0.070.08
#1458F36.9NY2.72.7314.64.6184.9Y0.050.05
#1546F21.0NN2.02.7474.73.541.4N0.050.05
#1671M24.5NN2.02.7411.23.466.2N0.080.08
#1770F23.4YN4.07.4322.91.555.2Y0.080.08
#1863M28.0YN2.06.6673.41.141.4N0.060.05
#1967M27.7YN2.52.7298.14.182.8N0.070.07
#2072M29.6YY3.02.7146.24.677.2N0.110.12
#2164F20.3NY3.03.8140.74.871.7N0.060.07
#2270F19.0YN3.09.9146.21.1146.8Y0.090.10
#2362M29.4YY2.02.7342.21.144.1N0.090.08
#2464F26.9YY2.04.7226.30.7113.1Y0.080.07
#2564M27.3YY3.76.9447.13.3110.4Y0.060.07
#2662M26.8YY3.02.7113.12.666.2N0.080.08
#2762M27.2NN3.52.7419.53.355.2Y0.060.07
#2874M29.7YY6.02.7171.13.3124.2N0.080.08
#2970F27.9NY2.513.2794.82.838.6N0.050.05
#3070M28.1NY2.711.0126.94.627.6N0.050.05
#3161F28.0YY3.08.5187.62.238.6N0.100.10
#3268M31.8YY2.58.0187.61.1129.7Y0.090.10

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.