Prevalence of colonic polyp and its predictors in patients with acromegaly

Background: There are conflicting data regarding the prevalence of colorectal polyp in patients with acromegaly. Subjects and Methods: Consecutive forty-seven acromegalic patients (21 men, 26 women), with a mean age of (40 ± 12 years) attending endocrinology outpatient department underwent full colo...

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Main Authors: Purnima Agarwal, Praveer Rai, Manoj Jain, Shambhavi Mishra, Uttam Singh, Sushil Kumar Gupta
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Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
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Online Access:http://www.ijem.in/article.asp?issn=2230-8210;year=2016;volume=20;issue=4;spage=437;epage=442;aulast=Agarwal
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Praveer Rai
Manoj Jain
Shambhavi Mishra
Uttam Singh
Sushil Kumar Gupta
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Praveer Rai
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Shambhavi Mishra
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description Background: There are conflicting data regarding the prevalence of colorectal polyp in patients with acromegaly. Subjects and Methods: Consecutive forty-seven acromegalic patients (21 men, 26 women), with a mean age of (40 ± 12 years) attending endocrinology outpatient department underwent full colonoscopy. All the patients underwent clinical and biochemical evaluation (glucose suppressed growth hormone (GH), Insulin-like growth factor-1 [IGF-1], fasting insulin, and glucose). The control group (n = 120) for colonoscopy was adult subjects undergoing evaluation for symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome. Clinical and biochemical parameters in acromegalic patients with colonic polyp were compared to those without a polyp. Results: Patients with acromegaly had significantly higher prevalence of colonic polyp as compared to control subjects (10.6% vs. 0.8%). None of the patients with polyp had skin tags. There was no significant difference between subjects with and without colonic polyp in duration of illness, basal, and glucose-suppressed GH and most recent IGF-1. Fasting blood sugar was significantly higher (P < 0.05) in adenoma group after adjusting for age, body mass index (BMI), and insulin levels. Patients in adenoma group showed a trend toward male gender and younger age as compared to those without adenoma. Conclusions: Subjects with acromegaly as compared to control have a higher prevalence of colonic polyps. There was no association of polyps seen with age, BMI, skin tags, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance index, duration of disease, and basal and glucose-suppressed GH and IGF-1 levels. There were no specific predictive factors detected. Screening full colonoscopy is recommended in all cases with acromegaly.
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spelling doaj.art-71d19ec62c59410f87d6c77de8689d102022-12-21T19:44:07ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism2230-82102016-01-0120443744210.4103/2230-8210.183455Prevalence of colonic polyp and its predictors in patients with acromegalyPurnima AgarwalPraveer RaiManoj JainShambhavi MishraUttam SinghSushil Kumar GuptaBackground: There are conflicting data regarding the prevalence of colorectal polyp in patients with acromegaly. Subjects and Methods: Consecutive forty-seven acromegalic patients (21 men, 26 women), with a mean age of (40 ± 12 years) attending endocrinology outpatient department underwent full colonoscopy. All the patients underwent clinical and biochemical evaluation (glucose suppressed growth hormone (GH), Insulin-like growth factor-1 [IGF-1], fasting insulin, and glucose). The control group (n = 120) for colonoscopy was adult subjects undergoing evaluation for symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome. Clinical and biochemical parameters in acromegalic patients with colonic polyp were compared to those without a polyp. Results: Patients with acromegaly had significantly higher prevalence of colonic polyp as compared to control subjects (10.6% vs. 0.8%). None of the patients with polyp had skin tags. There was no significant difference between subjects with and without colonic polyp in duration of illness, basal, and glucose-suppressed GH and most recent IGF-1. Fasting blood sugar was significantly higher (P < 0.05) in adenoma group after adjusting for age, body mass index (BMI), and insulin levels. Patients in adenoma group showed a trend toward male gender and younger age as compared to those without adenoma. Conclusions: Subjects with acromegaly as compared to control have a higher prevalence of colonic polyps. There was no association of polyps seen with age, BMI, skin tags, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance index, duration of disease, and basal and glucose-suppressed GH and IGF-1 levels. There were no specific predictive factors detected. Screening full colonoscopy is recommended in all cases with acromegaly.http://www.ijem.in/article.asp?issn=2230-8210;year=2016;volume=20;issue=4;spage=437;epage=442;aulast=AgarwalAcromegalycolonoscopycolon polyphomeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance index
spellingShingle Purnima Agarwal
Praveer Rai
Manoj Jain
Shambhavi Mishra
Uttam Singh
Sushil Kumar Gupta
Prevalence of colonic polyp and its predictors in patients with acromegaly
Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Acromegaly
colonoscopy
colon polyp
homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance index
title Prevalence of colonic polyp and its predictors in patients with acromegaly
title_full Prevalence of colonic polyp and its predictors in patients with acromegaly
title_fullStr Prevalence of colonic polyp and its predictors in patients with acromegaly
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of colonic polyp and its predictors in patients with acromegaly
title_short Prevalence of colonic polyp and its predictors in patients with acromegaly
title_sort prevalence of colonic polyp and its predictors in patients with acromegaly
topic Acromegaly
colonoscopy
colon polyp
homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance index
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