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 |