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Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2015 Jan;37(1):54–59. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0000000000000199

Table II. Glucagon stimulation test results of 18 subjects with thalassemia major.

	Adrenal Sufficiency	Adrenal Insufficiency	p
n	7	11	n/a
Age (yrs)	18.8 ± 7.8	19 ± 10.5	0.96
Female Sex, n (%)	5 (71)	2 (18)	0.049
Transfusion history (yrs)	15.1 ± 7.3	17.3 ± 10.6	0.6
8:00 AM cortisol (mcg/dL)	9.6 ± 5.3	8.0 ± 2.0	0.48
Peak cortisol (mcg/dL)	22.1 ± 3.7	13.3 ± 2.6	n/a
8:00 AM ACTH (pg/mL)	22 ± 11	25 ± 20	0.72
Peak ACTH (pg/mL)	97 ± 66	47 ± 50	0.12
Peak GH (ng/mL)	9.6 (5.5-34)	7.8 (2.4-32)	0.47
Ferritin (ng/mL)	2401 ± 1979	802 ± 500	0.078
Days since last transfusion	14 ± 10	13.6 ± 6.8	0.93

Data are mean ± SD for normally distributed continuous variables; median (10th and 90th percentiles) for non-normally distributed variables; or n (%) for categorical variables