Pre- and Postoperative Body Composition and Metabolic Characteristics in Patients with Acromegaly: A Prospective Study

Table 2

Differences in the body composition and metabolism before surgery between the acromegaly patients and the controls.

	Male		Age ≤ 40		Female		Age > 40
	Acromegaly patients	Controls	Acromegaly patients	Controls	Acromegaly patients	Controls	Acromegaly patients	Controls
Bicep circumference, cm	30.26 ± 1.93	30.18 ± 2.65	27.29 ± 3.01	27.39 ± 2.82	27.96 ± 3.99	27.24 ± 2.84	30.06 ± 3.25	29.23 ± 3.12
Tricep skinfold thickness, mm	18.94 ± 5.69	25.03 ± 8.71	18.25 ± 6.11	26.41 ± 8.11	23.10 ± 8.95	24.75 ± 7.51	23.16 ± 8.37	23.69 ± 7.72
Calf circumference, cm	39.11 ± 2.35	38.20 ± 3.07	36.57 ± 2.65	35.85 ± 4.24	35.80 ± 2.42	34.97 ± 3.23	37.72 ± 2.99	36.60 ± 2.91
Waistline, cm	89.48 ± 7.40	90.97 ± 7.46	82.36 ± 9.22	78.96 ± 10.23	80.87 ± 8.27	79.46 ± 9.91	86.18 ± 8.59	88.06 ± 9.23
Hipline, cm	102.94 ± 4.84	102.15 ± 6.79	98.52 ± 5.20	96.93 ± 7.20	97.96 ± 5.96	95.44 ± 5.72	101.22 ± 6.30	99.09 ± 6.77
Adipose tissue, kg	15.93 ± 4.40	22.47 ± 5.24	15.22 ± 3.26	20.97 ± 3.93	18.64 ± 4.89	19.64 ± 4.86	18.84 ± 5.16	20.64 ± 6.00
Visceral fat index	7.92 ± 1.78	11.41 ± 2.26	7.78 ± 1.66	9.51 ± 2.69	9.39 ± 2.31	9.44 ± 2.28	9.34 ± 2.30	10.80 ± 2.15
Sclerotin, kg	4.02 ± 0.32	3.36 ± 0.42	3.45 ± 0.53	2.94 ± 0.42	3.00 ± 0.26	2.83 ± 0.26	3.45 ± 0.63	3.13 ± 0.42
Protein, kg	13.23 ± 1.25	10.71 ± 1.65	11.06 ± 2.04	9.08 ± 1.61	9.32 ± 1.01	8.65 ± 1.00	11.05 ± 2.44	9.80 ± 1.63
Skeletal muscle, kg	42.94 ± 4.09	34.78 ± 5.32	35.89 ± 6.68	29.41 ± 5.27	30.86 ± 4.40	28.07 ± 3.28	36.45 ± 7.97	31.85 ± 5.25
Total body water, kg	46.93 ± 4.47	37.97 ± 5.82	39.22 ± 7.28	32.14 ± 5.73	33.05 ± 3.63	30.67 ± 3.57	39.21 ± 8.66	34.76 ± 5.75
Intracellular water, kg	31.19 ± 2.89	25.38 ± 3.99	26.04 ± 4.98	21.52 ± 4.02	21.80 ± 2.37	20.45 ± 2.48	25.93 ± 5.75	23.15 ± 3.89
Extracellular water, kg	15.74 ± 1.63	12.58 ± 1.89	13.18 ± 2.34	10.61 ± 1.72	11.24 ± 1.29	10.24 ± 1.10	13.28 ± 2.93	11.62 ± 1.88
Total energy expenditure, kcal	2888.45 ± 256.21	2571.34 ± 321.70	2537.35 ± 360.84	2189.62 ± 349.52	2191.13 ± 338.77	2136.06 ± 261.77	2477.95 ± 523.93	2406.17 ± 340.54
Basal metabolism (rest), kcal	1739.49 ± 148.07	1564.01 ± 174.09	1547.76 ± 217.00	1312.47 ± 243.86	1371.93 ± 102.37	1258.30 ± 164.21	1527.35 ± 230.24	1435.39 ± 199.36

Comparisons were performed between the patients with acromegaly and the controls. ; .