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ArticleEndocrine2023

Prevalence and incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in patients with adrenal incidentalomas: a study of 709 cases.

Noemi Brox-Torrecilla, Ana M García Cano, Pablo Valderrábano, Alejandra Quintero Tobar, Héctor F Escobar-Morreale, Marta Araujo-Castro

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Noemi Brox-TorrecillaDepartment of Endocrinology & Nutrition. Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria IRYCIS, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1097-1436
Ana M García CanoDepartment of Biochemistry, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8379-2709
Pablo ValderrábanoDepartment of Endocrinology & Nutrition. Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria IRYCIS, Madrid, Spain.
Alejandra Quintero TobarInstituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS), Madrid, Spain.
Héctor F Escobar-MorrealeDepartment of Endocrinology & Nutrition, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal & Universidad de Alcalá & Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS) & Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Madrid, Spain.
Marta Araujo-CastroDepartment of Endocrinology & Nutrition. Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria IRYCIS, Madrid, Spain. marta.araujo@salud.madrid.org.ORCID 0000-0002-0519-0072

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aimTo evaluate the prevalence and incidence of type 2 diabetes in patients with nonfunctioning adrenal incidentalomas (NFAI) or adrenal incidentalomas (AI) with autonomous cortisol secretion (ACS).

methodsIn this single-center retrospective study, all patients with adrenal incidentalomas ≥1 cm and ACS or NFAI studied between 2013 and 2020 were included. ACS was defined by a post-dexamethasone suppression test (DST) serum cortisol concentration ≥1.8 μg/dl, in the absence of signs of hypercortisolism, and NFAI was defined as a DST < 1.8 μg/dl without biochemical evidence of hypersecretion of other hormones.

resultsInclusion criteria were met by 231 patients with ACS and 478 with NFAI. At diagnosis, type 2 diabetes was present in 24.3% of patients. No differences were found in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes (27.7 vs. 22.6%, P = 0.137) between patients with ACS and NFAI. However, fasting plasma glucose values and glycated hemoglobin levels were significantly higher in patients with ACS than with NFAI (112 ± 35.6 vs. 105 ± 29 mg/dl, P = 0.004; and 6.5 ± 1.4 vs. 6.1 ± 0.9%, P = 0.005, respectively). Furthermore, patients with type 2 diabetes had higher urinary free cortisol (P = 0.039) and late-night salivary cortisol levels (P = 0.010) than those without type 2 diabetes. After a median follow-up of 28 months, no differences were found in the incidence of type 2 diabetes between the groups (HR 1.17, 95% 0.52-2.64).

conclusionType 2 diabetes was present in one fourth of our cohort. We found no differences in its prevalence or incidence between the groups. However, glycemic control might be worse among diabetic patients with ACS. Higher concentrations of urinary and salivary cortisol were found in patients with than without type 2 diabetes.

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Adrenal Gland NeoplasmsDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2HumansHydrocortisoneIncidencePrevalenceRetrospective StudiesHydrocortisoneAdrenal incidentalomaAutonomous cortisol secretionDexamethasone suppression testNonfunctioning adrenal incidentalomaType 2 diabetes mellitus

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