Depressed plasma FFA turnover rate in Cushing's syndrome.
The turnover rate of plasma FFA measured by constant infusion of albumin-complexed labeled palmitate in a group of 16 patients with Cushing's syndrome was significantly lower than in a group of 6 controls. Seven patients reexamined after correction of the hypercortisolism showed a normalization of the plasma FFA turnover rate. By contrast, 7 patients with simple obesity had a normal or increased plasma FFA turnover rate depending on the way this parameter is expressed.
D000328:Adult; D001835:Body Weight; D003480:Cushing Syndrome / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D005215:Fasting; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications
D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified; D006854:Hydrocortisone