Clinical Study

Impact of Long-Acting Somatostatin Analogues on Glucose Metabolism in Acromegaly: A Hospital-Based Study

Table 1

Changes of variables in NGT, IGT, and DM groups from pretreatment to after SSA treatment.

The entire cohort ()NGT ()IGT ()DM ()
Pre-SSAPost-SSA valuePre-SSAPost-SSA valuePre-SSAPost-SSA valuePre-SSAPost-SSA value

HbA1c (%)5.80 (5.60~6.40)6.00 (5.50~6.50)0.2565.64 ± 0.275.78 ± 0.380.0835.72 ± 0.375.73 ± 0.450.9148.35 ± 2.476.88 ± 1.000.015
FPG (mmol/l)5.50 (5.10~6.20)5.90 (5.40~6.38)0.0155.08 ± 0.415.63 ± 0.55<0.0015.52 ± 0.555.88 ± 0.680.0257.29 ± 2.226.71 ± 1.890.251
BG120 (mmol/l)8.90 (7.23~12.888.70 (7.40~12.08)0.4776.23 ± 0.998.37 ± 1.50<0.0018.97 ± 0.868.28 ± 2.480.23316.00 ± 3.2413.80 ± 4.300.002
FPI (mU/l)14.80 (11.00~25.18)10.05 (6.30~20.08)<0.00114.10 (9.70~24.10)8.40 (4.40~18.20)0.00119.20 (13.37~28.38)16.45 (7.03~19.55)0.00112.40 (5.45~20.60)10.00 (5.00~21.30)0.205
INS120 (mU/l)93.85 (44.60~191.10)63.20 (34.03~129.33)0.00166.90 (44.70~148.90)74.90 (56.80~131.20)0.777185.75 (115.50~298.31)63.30 (41.05~192.70)0.00444.40 (21.50~106.00)36.20 (19.25~68.00)0.071
HOMA-IR4.27 (2.78~6.64)2.39 (1.57~4.78)<0.0013.32 (2.20~6.01)1.94 (0.95~4.45)0.0144.78 (3.28~7.04)2.74 (2.07~4.73)0.0074.08 (2.02~7.13)2.44 (1.72~7.37)0.073
ISOGTT41.74 (25.72~67.28)69.70 (42.23~117.02)<0.00150.21 (28.35~70.91)87.07 (46.72~145.93)0.00231.90 (23.05~41.74)54.34 (34.19~111.57)<0.00149.74 (27.07~86.96)81.46 (42.15~124.76)0.044
HOMA-β (%)165.69 (83.85~255.24)90.57 (52.98~169.30)<0.001202.61 (137.50~283.53)91.58 (60.00~154.07<0.001188.50 (140.87~290.86)96.77 (66.34~192.76<0.00173.75 (27.79~137.22)77.50 (36.84~177.09)0.394
INS0/BG02.75 (1.83~4.63)1.73 (1.05~3.28)<0.0012.74 (1.90~4.63)1.61 (1.00~3.31)<0.0013.50 (2.61~5.02)1.80 (1.26~3.69)<0.0011.93 (0.70~3.05)1.72 (0.74~3.20)0.305
IGI20.66 (6.16~45.11)4.45 (1.89~10.21)<0.00134.20 (16.97~60.00)4.74 (2.80~17.50)0.00232.69 (18.68~47.53)9.20 (4.64~17.52)<0.0012.15 (1.17~7.55)1.83 (0.97~3.14)0.117
IGI/IR4.81 (1.67~9.16)2.19 (0.91~4.42<0.0019.48 (5.11~16.07)4.09 (1.30~7.34)0.0075.19 (3.46~7.65)3.42 (2.26~5.01)0.0260.71 (0.35~1.85)0.99 (0.30~1.62)0.360
ISSI2457.88 (259.97~586.72)378.35 (248.50~509.10)0.242587.42 (511.92~710.87)484.22 (341.33~734.400.018463.70 (391.08~570.35)454.07 (325.93~575.84)0.808164.30 (103.70~253.35)204.38 (135.11~261.23)0.355
AUCINS/AUCBG10.74 (5.51~18.15)5.23 (3.11~10.49)<0.00111.51 (8.02~18.72)5.85 (4.63~11.12)0.00116.30 (10.74~23.22)9.08 (4.40~12.57)<0.0012.57 (1.23~6.34)2.25 (1.56~4.61)0.205

NGT: normal glucose tolerance; IGT: impaired glucose tolerance; DM: diabetes mellitus; IGF-1 index: the ratio of the measured IGF-1 value to the upper limit of normal (ULN); FPG: fasting plasma glucose; BG120: plasma glucose 120 min during OGTT; AUCBG: the areas under the curve of glucose; FPI: fasting plasma insulin; INS120: plasma insulin 120 min during OGTT; AUCINS: the areas under the curve of insulin; HOMA-IR: indicator of insulin resistance; ISOGTT: the OGTT insulin sensitivity index; HOMA-β: homeostatic model assessment of pancreatic beta-cell function; IGI: insulinogenic index; ISSI2: the OGTT insulin secretion sensitivity index. values are for variations before and after SSA treatment; .