Visceral Adiposity Index as an Indicator of Cardiometabolic Risk in Patients with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

Aim: To evaluate the cardiometabolic risk in patients with CAH (21 (OH) enzyme deficiency) on the basis of the visceral adiposity index (VAI), which indicates dysfunction of the visceral adipose tissue (VAT). Materials and Methods: A total of 41 patients and 38 body mass index (BMI), age, and gender-matched healthy controls (HC) were included. The patients' and HCs' age, gender, waist circumference (WC), BMI information and total cholesterol (TC), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), triglyceride (TG) values, smoking, and medication history were obtained from medical charts. Weight, height, WC, and blood pressure levels were measured. Patients' and HCs' BMI, Framingham risk scores (FRS), VAI and Ferriman-Gallwey scores were calculated. The patients' and HCs' age, gender TC, HDL, and TG, androstenedione, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEASO4), 17 hydroxyprogesterone (17(OH)P) values, smoking, and medication history were obtained from medical charts. Body fat and muscle mass levels were measured with Tanita T 6360. Results: Gender distribution, mean age, and BMI of patients with CAH were 34/7, 30 ± 8, 27 ± 5.4; HC subjects 30/8, 30 ± 6, 27 ± 3.8 (P = 0.9, 0.6, 0.9, respectively). The VAI values of patients with a diagnosis of CAH 3.7 (2.3-6.9) were found to be significantly higher than those of HC patients 2.5 (1.8-3.9; P = 0.02). The mean glucocorticoid doses of the patients were 17 ± 9 mg/day. The glucocorticoid dose level was determined as independent risk factor on the FRS (P = 0.03, β = 0.04) and VAI (P = 0.018, β = 0.17). Conclusion: Glucocorticoid dose optimization should be done more carefully to improve metabolic and cardiovascular outcomes in CAH patients.

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:21

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Metabolic syndrome and related disorders - 21(2023), 1 vom: 02. Feb., Seite 35-40

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kara, Zehra [VerfasserIn]
Demir, Ahmet Numan [VerfasserIn]
Sulu, Cem [VerfasserIn]
Durcan, Emre [VerfasserIn]
Uysal, Serhat [VerfasserIn]
Turan, Hande [VerfasserIn]
Özkaya, Hande Mefkure [VerfasserIn]
Evliyaoğlu, Saadet Olcay [VerfasserIn]
Ercan, Oya [VerfasserIn]
Gönen, Mustafa Sait [VerfasserIn]

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Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Glucocorticoid
Glucocorticoids
Journal Article
Lipoproteins, HDL
Triglycerides
Visceral adiposity index

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Date Completed 22.02.2023

Date Revised 20.03.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1089/met.2022.0060

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NLM350879060