Title:	Classic cardiovascular risk factors improve in very elderly hypopituitary patients treated on standard hormone replacement in long term follow-up
Authors:	Rosa, Isabella Naves Rosa Soares, Alexandre Anderson de Sousa Munhoz Rodrigues, Marcelo Palmeira Naves, Luciana Ansaneli
metadata.dc.identifier.orcid:	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3363-3803
Assunto::	Fatores de risco Sistema cardiovascular - doenças Idosos
Issue Date:	17-Mar-2021
Publisher:	BMC
Citation:	ROSA, Isabella Naves et al. Classic cardiovascular risk factors improve in very elderly hypopituitary patients treated on standard hormone replacement in long term follow-up. Clinical Diabetes and Endocrinology, v. 7, art. n. 6, 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40842-021-00119-6. Disponível em: https://clindiabetesendo.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40842-021-00119-6. Acesso em: 20 abr. 2021.
Abstract:	Background - Hypopituitarism in the elderly population is an underdiagnosed condition and may increase comorbidities related to glucose metabolism, dyslipidemia, and cardiovascular risk factors. Optimization of hormone replacement that considers alterations in clearance rates of hormones, interaction with other medications, and evaluation of the risk-benefit ratio of treatment is a big challenge for clinical practice. Objectives - This study aimed to evaluate classic cardiovascular risk factors in hypopituitary septuagenarians and octagenarians by diagnosis and after long-term hormone replacement. Methods - This is a retrospective observational study, with patients recruited and selected from a registry in a tertiary medical center. We included patients aged 70–99 years with hypopituitarism, evaluated hormonal and biochemical parameters, and cardiovascular risk scores were calculated by diagnosis and compared after long-term follow-up. All patients gave informed consent. Patient data were compared to a sex and age-matched control group, with long-term geriatric follow-up, without endocrine diseases. Results - Thirty-five patients were included, 16 patients aged 70–75 years (72.61), 12 patients 76–80 years (72.28), 7 patients 81–99 years (89.28). Pituitary macroadenomas were the main cause of hypopituitarism, mean maximal diameter 3.4 cm (2.9–4.3), and invasive craniopharyngiomas. At the moment of diagnosis, most patients were overweight, and abdominal adiposity was observed in 76.9% of women and 36.4% of men, primarily in octagenarians and nonagenarians. Comorbidities were frequent; 85.7% presented hypertension, 37.1% diabetes, 53.1% low HDL, 51.5% hypertriglyceridemia. Most patients presented more than two combined pituitary deficiencies; hypogonadism in 88.6%, central hypothyroidism in 82.9%, GH deficiency in 65.7%, and adrenal insufficiency in 25.7%. Analysis of cardiovascular risk prediction in the total cohort showed that 57.1% of patients presented a reduction in the General Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Risk Prediction Score and 45.7% in atherosclerotic CVD risk estimated by ACC/AHA 2013 Pooled Cohort Equation, despite being submitted to conventional hormone replacement, during the mean follow-up of 14.5 years. This reduction was not observed in the control group. Discussion and conclusion - In this study, aged hypopituitary patients presented a reduction in estimated general CVD risk during long-term follow-up, despite replacement with corticosteroids, levothyroxine, or gonadal steroids. Early diagnosis and treatment of hypopituitarism in the elderly remain challenging. Larger studies should be performed to assess the risk-benefit ratio of hormone replacement on the metabolic profile in septuagenarian and octogenarian patients.
metadata.dc.description.unidade:	Faculdade de Medicina (FMD)
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