Table 3.

Data for comparison of adrenal cortex function, bone mineral density, and bone turnover markers

	ACS (n = 21)	CD (n = 34)	N (n = 18)	P
ACTH (pg/ml)	8.56 ± 4.89*Δ	88.63 ± 26.61*	37.23 ± 10.09	0.000
Serum Cor (µg/dl)	36.52 ± 8.69*	34.91 ± 9.12*	22.51 ± 9.01	0.001
UCor (µg/24 h)	822.10 ± 61.96*Δ	635.31 ± 247.82*	62.41 ± 18.31	0.000
Lumbar BMD (g/cm2)	0.98 ± 0.14*Δ	1.07 ± 0.13*	1.20 ± 0.16	0.001
Femoral BMD (g/cm2)	0.83 ± 0.15*	0.90 ± 0.13*	1.06 ± 0.26	0.005
Whole-body BMD (g/cm2)	1.00 ± 0.10*	1.05 ± 0.13*	1.15 ± 0.15	0.018
Serum Ca (mmol/L)	2.25 ± 0.11*	2.22 ± 0.11*	2.34 ± 0.08	0.015
Corrected serum Ca (mmol/L)	2.21 ± 0.12	2.20 ± 0.09	2.29 ± 0.19	0.000
Serum P (mmol/L)	1.05 ± 0.12*	1.11 ± 0.17*	1.38 ± 0.21	0.000
UCa (mg/24 h)	256.03 ± 112.17	244.11 ± 92.85	211.82 ± 62.6	0.537
ALP (U/L)	81.90 ± 24.10	74.18 ± 22.88	71.67 ± 12.24	0.389
PTH (pmol/L)	7.10 ± 2.84*	5.20 ± 2.05	3.83 ± 1.58	0.012
25(OH)D3 (nmol/L)	34.14 ± 12.71	32.22 ± 13.06	27.81 ± 8.65	0.578

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation.

^*P < 0.05 compared with the N group; ^ΔP < 0.05 compared with the CD group