Heart in Acromegaly: The Echocardiographic Characteristics of Patients Diagnosed with Acromegaly in Various Stages of the Disease

Table 1

Demographic, clinical, and biochemical features of patients with acromegaly versus the control group.

	Patients with acromegaly	Control group	value
N = total (♀/♂)	140 (91/49)	52 (27/25)	0.10
Age, years	50.5 ± 13.8	47.4 ± 12.3	0.16
BMI, kg/m^2	30.1 ± 5.2	27.9 ± 4.6	<0.01
BSA, m^2	2.0 ± 0.2	1.9 ± 0.2	0.24
HT, yes/no	81/52	17/35	0.001
DM, yes/no/pre-DM	35/52/46	0/49/3	0.001
GH, μg/L	4.30 (0.05–79.20)	—	—
IGF-1, μg/L	705.3 ± 388.6	—	—

Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index; BSA: body surface area; DM: diabetes mellitus; GH: growth hormone; HT: hypertension; IGF-1: insulin-like growth factor-1; pre-DM: prediabetes; GH: growth hormone.