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
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 < 1...
May 2, 2023: Cardiovascular Diabetology