The degree of cortisol secretion is associated with diabetes mellitus and hypertension in patients with nonfunctioning adrenal tumors

Autor: Vittoria Favero, Carmen Aresta, Chiara Parazzoli, Elisa Cairoli, Cristina Eller-Vainicher, Serena Palmieri, Antonio Stefano Salcuni, Maura Arosio, Luca Persani, Alfredo Scillitani, Valentina Morelli, Iacopo Chiodini
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Cardiovascular Diabetology, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1475-2840
DOI: 10.1186/s12933-023-01836-1
Popis: Abstract Background Similarly to cortisol-secreting adrenal tumors, also non-functioning adrenal tumors (NFAT) may be associated with an increased cardiovascular risk. We assessed in NFAT patients: (i) the association between hypertension (HT), diabetes mellitus (DM), obesity (OB), dyslipidemia (DL) and cardiovascular events (CVE) and cortisol secretion; (ii) the cut-off of the cortisol secretion parameters for identifying NFAT patients with a worse cardiometabolic profile. Patients and methods In 615 NFAT patients (with cortisol levels after 1 mg overnight dexamethasone suppression test, F-1mgDST
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