Table 3.
Comparison of steroids in ACC vs ACA urine samples in µg/24 h by Mann-Whitney U test.
| ACC (n = 4) | ACA (n = 15) | p-Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analytes | Mean (SD), range [µg/24 h] | Mean (SD), range [µg/24 h] | Samples below LOD [n] | |
| 5-PT | 1190 (899), 695–2534 |
81.2 (94.7), 14.3–347 |
– | 0.001 |
| DHEA | 2695 (4518), 235–9468 |
133 (435), 1.4–1702 |
2 | 0.004 |
| Cortisone | 231 (164), 56.2–383 |
124 (56.1), 38.5–241 |
– | 0.357 |
| Cortisol | 406 (472), 80.6–1087 |
109 (64.4), 26.1–224 |
– | 0.221 |
| α-cortolone | 1858 (189), 1609–2046 |
1741 (938), 371–3753 |
– | 0.221 |
| THS | 1656 (2102), 326–4788 |
198 (164), 33.5–556 |
– | 0.002 |
| Etio | 6712 (6201), 1305–15300 |
856 (665), 82.6–2192 |
– | 0.004 |
| Pregnenolone | 10.3 (8.9), 0.0–20.9 |
0.9 (2.3), 0.0–7.1 |
14 | 0.027 |
| PT | 2513 (1535), 1261–4680 |
596 (503), 80.6–2000 |
– | 0.002 |
| PD | 1154 (1369), 279–3188 |
184 (218), 32.6–928 |
– | 0.004 |
| 5-PD | 237 (88.3), 118–331 |
101 (33.2), 50.4–168 |
– | 0.004 |
| Tumor diameter [cm] | 7.0 (2.2), 4.4–9.7 |
3.6 (1.4), 2.2–7.0 |
0.006 | |
| Tumor HU in unenhanced CT, n | ||||
| ≤10 | 0 | 9 | ||
| >10 | 4 | 4 | ||
| n/a | 0 | 2 |
LOD limit of detection.