Table 2.

List of relevant articles in the literature, sorted by main risk factor attributed to SEL. Asterisks (*) indicate risk factors linked to metabolic syndrome.

Authors	Risk Factor	Number of Patients
Ishihara et al. [86]	Metabolic Syndrome (Obesity and Hyperlipidemia)	166
Yildirim et al. [46]	Metabolic Syndrome	199
Theyskens et al. [13]	Cushing’s Syndrome *	731
Bhatia et al. [39]	Cushing’s Syndrome *	1
Ahmad et al. [40]	Cushing’s Disease *	1
Ishihara et al. [82]	Hyperlipidemia *	324
Zhang et al. [41]	Obesity *	807
Cushnie et al. [87]	Obesity *	99
Walker et al. [88]	Obesity *	25
Fogel et al. [2]	Obesity *	104
Spinnato et al. [45]	Obesity *	1
Sasagasako et al. [89]	Subcutaneous Fat Thickness *	500
Lotan et al. [67]	Diabetes Type 1 *	3
Park et al. [90]	Diabetes Type 2 *	42
Morishita et al. [91]	Visceral Fat *	218
Abe et al. [48]	NAFLD *	102
Okada et al. [61]	DISH *	327
Khawaja et al. [7]	Hypertension *	2
Fasset et al. [16]	Exogenous Steroids	2
Tok et al. [92]	Epidural Steroid Injection	1
Billings et al. [49]	HAART-associated Lipodystrophy	1
Mattei et al. [53]	Androgen Deprivation Therapy	1
Papastefan et al. [9]	Idiopathic	1
Stern et al. [31]	Idiopathic	2