Evaluation of Midnight Salivary Cortisol as a Predictor Factor for Common Carotid Arteries Intima Media Thickness in Patients with Clinically Inapparent Adrenal Adenomas

Table 2

Comparison of IMT values between SCS and nonsecreting AI with the matched controls (a). Comparison of clinical parameters between patients with SCS and nonsecreting AI (b).

(a)

		Mean	SD	value
Left IMT (cm)
SCS	11	0.068	0.018	0.01
Controls	11	0.060	0.007
Right IMT (cm)
SCS	11	0.071	0.019	0.04
Controls	11	0.063	0.009
Left IMT (cm)
Nonsecreting	21	0.069	0.017	0.03
Controls	21	0.059	0.011
Right IMT (cm)
Nonsecreting	21	0.071	0.018	0.01
Controls	21	0.059	0.011

(b)

		Mean	SD	%	value
Left IMT (cm)
SCS	11	0.068	0.018		NS
Nonsecreting	21	0.069	0.017
Right IMT (cm)
SCS	11	0.071	0.019		NS
Nonsecreting	21	0.071	0.018
Age (yrs)
SCS	11	60.2	9.3		NS
Nonsecreting	21	59.4	9.7
BMI (kg/m^2)
SCS	11	27.7	5.1		NS
Nonsecreting	21	26.4	4.6
Mass size (cm)
SCS	11	2.8	0.7		NS
Nonsecreting	21	2.7	0.9
Hypertension (%)
SCS	11			63.6	NS
Nonsecreting	21			52.4
IGT/diabetes (%)
SCS	11			45.4	NS
Nonsecreting	21			47.6

SCS = subclinical Cushing syndrome, AI = adrenal incidentaloma, IMT = intima media thickness, BMI = body mass index, IGT = impaired glucose tolerance, = numbers of patients, SD = standard deviations, and NS = not significant.