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The aim of this study was to test whether hypercortisolism was associated with altered glucose homeostasis and insulin resistance, hypertension and dyslipidemia in a homogeneous population of obese patients.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Materials\/Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>In retrospective analysis of a set of data about obese patients attending the outpatient service of a single obesity centre between January 2013 and January 2020, 884 patients with BMI &gt;30\u2009kg\/m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>were segregated in two subgroups: patients with urinary free cortisol (UFC) higher than normal (UFC+; n = 129) or within the normal range (UFC\u2212; n = 755).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The overall prevalence of UFC+ was 14.6% and double test positivity (morning cortisol &gt;1.8 mcg\/dL following overnight dexamethasone suppression test, ODST) was detected in 1.0% of patients. Prediabetes (OR 1.74; 95%CI 1.13\u20102.69;<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>=\u20090.012) and diabetes (OR 2.03; 95%CI 1.21\u20103.42;<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>=\u20090.008) were associated with higher risk of UFC+ when analysis was adjusted for confounding variables. Conversely, hypertension and dyslipidemia were not related to UFC+. Within the individuals with normal FPG and HbA1c, those with higher estimated insulin resistance (HOMA2\u2010IR) maintained a higher risk of UFC+ (OR 2.84, 95%CI 1.06\u20107.63;<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>=\u20090.039) and this relationship was weakened only when the body fat percentage was included into the model.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>In obese patients, hypercortisolism was more frequent across the entire spectrum of altered glucose homeostasis including the very early stages; this relation could not be detected for the other criteria of the MS, as waist, hypertension and atherogenic dyslipidemia.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/dmrr.3389","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,8,1]],"date-time":"2020-08-01T14:24:30Z","timestamp":1596291870000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Hypercortisolism and altered glucose 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