Table 2.

Baseline biochemical disease activity and glucose metabolism

Author and reference	GH (ng/mL)	IGF-1 (ULN)	Glucose (mg/dL)	T2DM (%)	A1c (%)
Corica G. et al. [21]	3.4	1.3	93.0	14.0	5.7
Urbani C. et al. [14]	4.3	1.9	104.0	38.0	5.8
Chiloiro S. et al. [24]	4.0	3.1	109.0	14.7	5.9
Araujo-Castro M. et al. [15]	NA	3.3	110.5	29.2	6.4
Ruiz S. et al. [13]	19.0	1.8	NA	14.0	NA
Stelmachowska-Banaś M. et al. [33]	3.9	2.3	111.0	15.4	5.9
Witek P. et al. [34]	3.1	1.9	NA	10.3	5.6
Shimon I. et al. [37]	1.9	1.8	109.0	31.4	6.1
Gadelha M. et al. [12]	4.0	2.4	NA	22.0	5.9
Lasolle H. et al. [40]	NA	1.7	101.0	NA	5.8
Wolf P. et al. [41]	7.8	1.6	NA	39.0	5.8

Abbreviatures: BMI: body mass index, GH: growth hormone, IGF-1: Insulin-like Growth Factor 1, ULN: upper limit of normal, T2DM, Type 2 diabetes mellitus