Table 3.

Duration of symptoms until diagnosis in acromegaly as reported in population studies

Reference	Duration of symptoms until diagnosis (years) Median (range)
	Total population	Males	Females
Fernandez et al. [3]	Median 4.5 (range 1.5–15.0)	Median 3.0 (range 1.5–15.0)	Median 6.0 (range 3.0–15.0)
Daly et al. [4]	Median 5 (range 1–25)	Median 5.5 (range 1–25)	Median 3 (range 1.6–5)
Hoskuldsdottir et al. [7]	“for more than 3 years in most cases”	NA	NA
Mestron et al. [11]	“the patients’ estimates of the year in which symptoms began was around 5 years before diagnosis”	NA	NA

NA not available