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. 2021 Jul 14;12:662865. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2021.662865

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics at baseline (efficacy population, n = 34).

Overall population (n = 34)
Age, years (mean ± SD) 48.2 ± 13.33
Female sex, n (%) 24 (70.6)
White race, n (%) 34 (100)
Ethnicity, n (%)
 Hispanic or Latino 3 (8.8)
 Not Hispanic or Latino 31 (91.2)
Weight, kg (mean ± SD) 97.8 ± 27.41
BMI, kg/m2 (mean ± SD) 35.6 ± 9.75
Etiology of CS, n (%)
 ACTH-dependent: CD or ectopic, n (%) 27 (79.4)
  ACTH, pmol/L (median [min, max]) 14.0 (6.0, 28)
  24-h UFC, nmol/d (median [min, max]) 357.4 (83.4, 2823.8)
 Adrenal adenoma (unilateral), n (%) 7 (20.6)
  ACTH, pmol/L (median [min, max]) 1.0 (1.0, 1.6)
  24-h UFC, nmol/d (median [min, max]) a 156.1 (56.9, 2341.0)
Osteocalcin, µg/L, (mean ± SD) b 11.0 ± 7.55
Analysis cohorts
 Hypertension, n (%) 23 (67.6)
  24-h SBP, mmHg (mean ± SD) 138.3 ± 8.59
  24-h DBP, mmHg (mean ± SD) 87.0 ± 5.65
 Hyperglycemia, n (%) 27 (79.4)
  IGT, n (%) 10 (37.0)
  T2DM, n (%) 17 (63.0)
  Fructosamine, µmol/L (mean ± SD) 225.3 ± 29.50
  Fasting plasma glucose, mmol/L (mean ± SD) 6.6 ± 1.89
  2-h oGTT plasma glucose, mmol/L (mean ± SD) 12.7 ± 4.08
  AUCglucose, h•mmol/L (mean ± SD) 26.2 ± 8.05
  HbA1c, % (mean ± SD) 6.6 ± 1.26

To convert values of glucose to mg/dL, divide by 0.0555; UFC to µg/24 h, divide by 2.76.

a

Includes one patient with an adrenal adenoma who had a baseline 24-h UFC of 2,341 nmol/d (848.2 µg/d).

b

Osteocalcin n = 33.

ACTH, adrenocorticotropic hormone; AUC, area under the curve; BMI, body mass index; CD, Cushing disease; CS, Cushing syndrome; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin; IGT, impaired glucose tolerance; oGTT, oral glucose tolerance test; SBP, systolic blood pressure; SD, standard deviation; T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus; UFC, urinary free cortisol.