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. 2022 Feb 25;14(5):973. doi: 10.3390/nu14050973

Table 1.

Comorbidities of patients with CD and controls at baseline.

Controls Cushing’s Disease p
(No. = 48) (No. = 50)
Subjects (%) Subjects (%)
Gender
Male 9 (18.7%) 7 (14%) 0.475
Female 39 (81.3%) 43 (86%)
Arterial hypertension 18 (37.5%) 32 (64%) 0.009
Osteoporosis/osteopenia 7 (14.6%) 21 (42%) 0.002
Visceral obesity 38 (79.1%) 44 (88%) 0.224
Metabolic syndrome 19 (39.6%) 29 (58%) 0.069
Hypercholesterolemia 14 (29.1%) 30 (60%) 0.002
Hypertriglyceridemia 11 (22.9%) 13 (26%) 0.486
Low HDL 14 (29.1%) 19 (38%) 0.361
Cardiovascular disease 0 5 (10%) 0.118
Peripheral vascular disease 0 1 (2%) 0.489
Diabetes mellitus 6 (12.5%) 24 (48%) 0.026
IFG 0 6 (12%) 0.622
IGT 6 (12.5%) 7 (14%) 0.678
IFG + IGT 1 (2%) 3 (6%) 0.457
Moon face 24 (50%) 33 (66%) 0.108
Myopathy 12 (25%) 36 (72%) <0.001
Facial rubor 9 (18.7%) 23 (46%) 0.005
Buffalo hump 17 (35.4%) 33 (66%) 0.002
Purple striae 11 (22.9%) 15 (30%) 0.245
Hypovitaminosis D
Deficiency 4 (8.4%) 26 (52%) 0.001
Insufficiency 10 (20.8%) 14 (28%) 0.545
Sufficiency 34 (70.8%) 10 (20%) 0.004