The relationship between adrenal incidentalomas and mortality risk.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine all-cause mortality risk in patients with and without adrenal incidentaloma.

Methods

Retrospective cohort study of patients with CT abdomen performed within 24 h of emergency room presentation at an academic medical center from January 1, 2005, to December 31, 2009, without history of adrenal disease, adrenal lab testing, or cancer. Incidentaloma cohort identified by database query of imaging reports followed by manual review and matched to no-nodule controls at 3:1 on age ± 1 year and exam date ± 3 months. Mortality ascertained by in-hospital deaths and National Death Index query. Survival analysis performed with Kaplan-Meier curves and Cox proportional hazards models.

Results

Among 42,575 adults with abdominal CT exams, 969 adrenal incidentalo

SUBMITTER: Taya M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6801004 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature