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

Table 3

Body composition and metabolic changes in the acromegaly patients according to gender.

	Male			Female
	Preoperative period	Postoperative period (3 months)	Postoperative period (1 year)	Preoperative period	Postoperative period (3 months)	Postoperative period (1 year)
Bicep circumference, cm	30.26 ± 1.93	31.25 ± 3.16	32.03 ± 2.85	27.96 ± 3.99	28.42 ± 3.01	27.78 ± 2.46
Tricep skinfold thickness, mm	18.94 ± 5.69	29.50 ± 10.78	20.20 ± 10.38	23.10 ± 8.95	28.08 ± 9.65	22.67 ± 8.50
Calf circumference, cm	39.11 ± 2.35	39.19 ± 2.11	39.32 ± 3.78	35.80 ± 2.42	37.15 ± 2.03	35.00 ± 2.19
Waistline, cm	89.48 ± 7.40	94.21 ± 9.44	99.37 ± 11.16	80.87 ± 8.27	85.44 ± 10.67	80.68 ± 6.73
Hipline, cm	102.94 ± 4.84	103.76 ± 6.15	107.38 ± 7.91	97.96 ± 5.96	100.31 ± 5.79	99.30 ± 2.35
Adipose tissue, kg	15.93 ± 4.40	16.65 ± 4.48	23.54 ± 12.17	18.79 ± 4.93	19.62 ± 6.08	17.23 ± 4.43
Visceral fat index	7.92 ± 1.78	8.97 ± 1.60	8.20 ± 0.60	9.39 ± 2.31	10.00 ± 2.94	8.75 ± 1.82
Sclerotin, kg	4.02 ± 0.32	3.91 ± 0.26	3.51 ± 0.52	3.00 ± 0.26	2.97 ± 0.29	2.68 ± 0.33
Protein, kg	13.23 ± 1.25	12.79 ± 0.94	12.81 ± 1.28	9.32 ± 1.01	9.39 ± 0.64	9.13 ± 0.87
Skeletal muscle, kg	42.94 ± 4.09	41.61 ± 3.55	36.54 ± 3.84	30.86 ± 4.40	30.61 ± 3.44	25.55 ± 2.57
Total body water, kg	46.93 ± 4.47	45.68 ± 3.54	47.31 ± 4.69	33.05 ± 3.63	33.41 ± 2.18	33.95 ± 3.12
Intracellular water, kg	31.19 ± 2.89	30.31 ± 2.38	29.80 ± 2.91	21.80 ± 2.37	22.02 ± 1.53	21.12 ± 1.97
Extracellular water, kg	15.74 ± 1.63	15.43 ± 1.61	17.80 ± 1.86	11.24 ± 1.29	11.37 ± 0.83	12.83 ± 1.18
Total energy expenditure, kcal	2888.45 ± 256.21	2822.78 ± 217.40	2461.04 ± 684.30	2191.13 ± 338.77	2269.66 ± 237.55	1751.29 ± 422.59
Basal metabolism (rest), kcal	1739.49 ± 148.07	1750.03 ± 164.93	1473.23 ± 502.99	1371.93 ± 102.37	1385.78 ± 135.66	998.97 ± 297.02

Comparisons were performed between the preoperative and postoperative periods. ; .