Table 4.

Body composition and metabolic changes in the acromegaly patients according to age.

	Age ≤ 40			Age > 40
	Preoperative period	Postoperative period (3 months)	Postoperative period (1 year)	Preoperative period	Postoperative period (3 months)	Postoperative period (1 year)
Bicep circumference, cm	27.29 ± 3.01	27.94 ± 3.12	29.31 ± 3.20	30.06 ± 3.25	31.47 ± 2.65	31.56 ± 3.37
Tricep skinfold thickness, mm	18.25 ± 6.11	26.08 ± 9.40∗	17.25 ± 5.82	23.16 ± 8.37	31.23 ± 10.29∗	25.00 ± 11.19
Calf circumference, cm	36.57 ± 2.65	37.59 ± 2.27	36.27 ± 2.53	33.72 ± 2.99	38.63 ± 2.26	39.13 ± 4.56
Waistline, cm	82.36 ± 9.22	84.96 ± 9.07	89.29 ± 10.35	86.18 ± 8.59	93.98 ± 10.85∗	95.44 ± 15.84∗
Hipline, cm	98.52 ± 5.20	100.31 ± 5.40	102.35 ± 5.49	101.22 ± 6.30	103.49 ± 6.50	106.35 ± 8.95
Adipose tissue, kg	15.44 ± 3.57	16.02 ± 5.13	19.20 ± 7.84	18.84 ± 5.16	20.20 ± 5.17	23.15 ± 12.46
Visceral fat index	7.78 ± 1.66	8.52 ± 2.22	8.19 ± 0.69	9.34 ± 2.30	10.42 ± 2.27	8.63 ± 1.55
Sclerotin, kg	3.45 ± 0.53	3.41 ± 0.45	3.21 ± 0.66	3.45 ± 0.63	3.44 ± 0.64	3.19 ± 0.60
Protein, kg	11.06 ± 2.04	10.90 ± 1.79	11.44 ± 2.14	11.05 ± 2.44	11.14 ± 2.06	11.43 ± 2.30
Skeletal muscle, kg	35.89 ± 6.68	35.09 ± 5.62	32.40 ± 6.35	36.45 ± 7.97	36.62 ± 7.49	32.44 ± 6.93
Total body water, kg	39.22 ± 7.28	38.98 ± 6.78	42.10 ± 7.56	39.21 ± 8.66	39.59 ± 7.22	42.50 ± 8.57
Intracellular water, kg	26.04 ± 4.98	25.73 ± 4.42	26.68 ± 5.08	25.93 ± 5.75	26.25 ± 5.02	26.41 ± 5.31
Extracellular water, kg	13.18 ± 2.34	13.06 ± 2.28	15.79 ± 2.78∗	13.28 ± 2.93	13.55 ± 2.59	16.09 ± 3.29∗
Total energy expenditure, kcal	2537.35 ± 360.84	2519.80 ± 362.77	1889.69 ± 401.37∗∗	2477.95 ± 523.93	2549.32 ± 371.15	2500.08 ± 790.87
Basal metabolism (rest), kcal	1547.76 ± 217.00	1554.05 ± 222.97	1138.79 ± 359.31∗	1527.35 ± 230.24	1566.68 ± 258.21	1476.98 ± 559.73

Comparisons were performed between the preoperative and postoperative periods. ^∗p < 0.05; ^∗∗p < 0.01.