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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2013 Dec 16;80(6):863–868. doi: 10.1111/cen.12375

TABLE 3.

Clinical characteristics in responders

Variable Group A
Prolactinoma group
n = 77
Group B
Non-functioning pituitary adenoma group
n = 70
P value
Age, in years
Mean (SD)
54.6 (14.4) 56.9 (14.2) 0.33
Sex, n, males/females (n%, males/females) 47/30 (61%/39%) 27/43 (39%/61%) 0.008
Size tumour, in mm
Mean (SD)
10.59 (9.59) 10.03 (8.17) 0.71
Hypogonadism n (%) 25 (32.47%) 10 (14.29%) 0.01
Other pituitary deficiency n (%) 17 (22.08%) 8 (11.43%) 0.12
Psychiatric disorders n (%) 22 (28.57%) 24 (34.29%) 0.48
Pituitary surgery n (%) 21 (27.21%) 19 (27.14%) 1