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ea0022p4 | Adrenal | ECE2010

Clinically silent adrenal incidentalomas: their relation to metabolic syndrome and to GNB3 C825T gene polymorphism

Lazurova Ivica , Spisakova Daniela , Wagnerova Hedviga , Habalova Viera , Dravecka Ingrid , Petrasova Darina , Pundova Lydia

Objectives: Aim of the study was firstly to assess the prevalence of metabolic symptoms in patients with clinically silent and benign adrenal incidentalomas (AI) and secondly to determine the prevalence of C825T GNB3 gene polymorphism in AI as well as its relation to metabolic variables.Subject and methods: Group of patients consisted of 50 patients with AI of mean age 57.9±15 years and group of controls consisted of 22 subjects without AI and metab...