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. 2011 Dec;55(9):714-9.
doi: 10.1590/s0004-27302011000900008.

Diabetes mellitus in a cohort of patients with acromegaly

Ticiana Costa Rodrigues  1 , Fabiola Costenaro, Daniela Fedrizzi, Marcelle D Oliveira, Paula B de Lima, Vitor Boschi, Mauro Antônio Czepielewski
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Diabetes mellitus in a cohort of patients with acromegaly

Ticiana Costa Rodrigues et al. Arq Bras Endocrinol Metabol. 2011 Dec.

Abstract

Objectives: To evaluate the presence of diabetes mellitus (DM) in a cohort of patients with acromegaly.

Methods: This was a cross sectional study.

Results: Fifty-eight acromegalic patients were assessed. Only 29% met the criteria for cure, and 27% had the disease controlled. Twenty-two had DM; HbA1c was equal to 7.34 ± 2.2%. Most of the diabetic patients (18 out of 22, 82%) did not meet criteria for cure. They were more often hypertensive [16/22 (73%) vs. 17/36 (46%), p = 0.04], and used statins more frequently [14/22 (64%) vs. 8/36 (21%), p = 0.004]. After regression analysis, hypertension was associated with diabetes [odds ratio (OR): 9.28 (95% CI: 1.59 - 54.00), p = 0.01], and cured/ controlled acromegaly was associated with protection against the presence of diabetes [OR: 0.17 (95% CI: 0.03 - 0.78), p = 0.02].

Conclusions: The presence of DM was associated with active acromegaly and presence of hypertension. However, absolute levels of GH and IGF-1 did not differ between patients with and without diabetes.

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