Prevalence of adrenal masses in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Table 2 Characteristics for the 14 patients with adrenal lesions

	ACTH (pg/mL)	COR (mg/dL)	DST		PAC (pg/mL)	PRA (ng/mL/hr)	Confirm exam for PA		Laterality	Size	HU	BP		Diag
			1 mg	8 mg
			COR	COR			Furo-up (PRA)	Capt (ARR)				systolic	diastolic
Normal range	7.2 ~ 63.3	4.0 ~ 18.3	< 3.0	< 1.0	29.9 ~ 159	0.3 ~ 2.9	< 2.0	< 200
1	25.4	8.5	0.8		63.5	2.3			Right	10	5	128	76	NF
2	58.3	20.7	2.9		33.3	1.0			Left	10	10	132	80	NF
3	34.8	10.1	< 1.0		88.7	1.4			Left	13	8	130	82	NF
4	25.1	19.3	1.6		67.5	0.9			Right	19	10	134	84	NF
5	80.7	21.7	1.9		104	0.8			Left	10	9	138	88	NF
6	20.6	9.9	2.6		68.7	1.2			Left	16	5	140	80	NF
7	18.8	21.6	2.9		75	1.0			bilateral	21/20	6	130	78	NF
8	77	25.1	< 1.0		69.5	1.1			Right	12	4	134	80	NF
9	29.8	9.2	1.6		83.6	1.7			Right	14	1	148	84	NF
10	28.6	9.5	2.4		60.8	0.9			Left	10	5	140	90	NF
11	31.4	14.2	2.6		100.8	1.0			Right	16	10	126	74	NF
12	7.7	11.7	2.3		227	0.9	0.9	312.0	Right	26	9	140	88	PA
13	16.2	5.5	2.2		128.6	0.2	0.2	416.7	Right	26	10	142	86	PA
14	16.1	21.4	5.3	3.0	88	0.8			Left	21	10	138	84	SCS
Mean ± SD	33.6 ± 22.5	14.9 ± 6.4	2.4 ± 1.1		89.9 ± 45.6	1.1 ± 0.5			Right:7 Left:6 Bilateral:1	16.3 ± 5.6	7.3 ± 2.9	136.6 ± 6.4	82.4 ± 4.7	NF:11 PA:2 SCS:1

Cases 1 to 11 have non-functional adrenal masses, and 12 to 14 have functional adrenal masses including SCS and PA. Data are expressed as means ± SD or number.
ACTH: adrenocorticotropic hormone, COR: corisol, PAC: plasma aldosterone concentration, PRA: plasma rennin activity, DST: dexamethasone suppression test, Furo-upright: frosemide-upright test, Capt: Captopril loading test, HU: Hounsfield unit, NF: non-functional mass, SCS: subclinical Cushing's syndrome, PA: primary aldosteronism

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