| Parameter |
Value |
| Age (years)*
|
51 (39 – 63) 13 – 85 |
| Age at diagnosis (years)*
|
47 (35 – 52) (13 – 71) |
| Weight (Kg) |
75 (68 – 88) 49 – 137 |
| Height (m)*
|
1.62 (1.56 – 1.70) 1.43 – 1.82 |
| BMI (Kg·m-2)*
|
29 (26 – 33) 22 – 46 |
| NC (cm)*
|
38 (35 – 40) 32 – 50 |
| Years since diagnosis of acromegaly*
|
4 (3 – 10) 0 – 30 |
| Patients subjected to surgerya
n (%) |
28 (80) |
| Patients subjected to radiation
therapy n (%) |
14 (40) |
| Months receiving octreotide*
|
30 (20 – 36) 3 – 62 |
| Controlled patients n (%)
|
28 (80) |
| Uncontrolled patients n (%) |
7 (20) |
| Sleep-Related
Symptoms |
| Patients with snoring n (%) |
31 (91) |
| Patients with insomnia n (%) |
26 (76) |
| Patients with observed apneas n (%) |
10 (30) |
| Hypertensionb n (%) |
20 (59) |
| Mallampati score*
|
2 (2 – 3) 1 - 4 |
| Tonsillar gradec, *
|
1 (1 – 2) 0 - 3 |
| Daytime SpO2%*
|
93 (92 – 95) 86 - 96 |
| Epworth Scale score*
|
10 (6 – 15) 2 – 24 |
| Epworth ≥10 n (%) |
20 (59) |
BMI: body mass index, NC: neck circumference, SpO2%: oxygen saturation by pulse oxymetry.
* Mean (interquartile Interval) min. – max.
a Surgery to resect the pituitary adenoma.
b Medical diagnosis of hypertension; or on antihypertensive treatment; or blood pressure greater than 140/90 mmHg.
c Grade 0: tonsillectomy; grade 1: tonsils were in the tonsillar fossa; grade 2: tonsils were visible behind the anterior pillars; grade 3: tonsils extended three-quarters of the way to the midline; grade 4: tonsils were completely obstructing the airway [25].