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[Clinical analysis of glucose dysbolism in 162 cases with Cushing syndrome]
1Department of Endocrinology, PUMC Hospital, CAMS, PUMC, Beijing 100730, China.
Objective:
To understand the characteristic of steroid diabetes by the analysis for clinical data of 162 cases with Cushing syndrome (CS) proved by pathological report.
Methods:
Retrospective analysis for the data of CS about age of CS onset, duration of CS, body mass index (BMI), 24 hours urine free cortisol (24 h UFC), pathological report, fasting blood glucose (FBG) pre- and post-operation, family history of diabetes, treatment of glucose dysbolism (GD) pre- and post-operation.
Results:
The onset age and duration of CS in GD group was obviously earlier and longer than normal glucose (NG) group. BMI and 24 h UFC were no difference between two groups. Besides adrenal adenocarcinoma, no difference was found in types of pathology. FBG of diabetes pre-operation was obviously lower than post-operation. After operation, most diabetes need not on drug treatment. Only one secondary diabetes has family history.
Conclusions:
Steroid diabetes easily occurs in patients who is senility and suffer longer course of CS. No relation to diabetic family history, concentric obesity, the level of UFC and benign types of pathology. Therapeutical emphasis of steroid diabetes is radical cure of CS.
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