Table 4.
Hormone deficiencies according to neurology.
| Normal (n = 65) | Empty sella (n = 38) |
All (n = 104)* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
(42 M, 23F) |
Partial (12 M, 3F) |
Total (7 M, 16F) |
Partial + Total (19 M, 19F) |
(62 M, 42F) |
||
| Cortisol deficiency (<7 µg/dl) | ||||||
| All | 7 (10.8%) | 4 (26.7%) | 3 (13.0%) | 7 (18.4%) | 14 (13.5%) | |
| Males | 5 (11.9%) | 4 (33.3%) | 1 (14.3%) | 5 (26.3%) | 10 (16.2%) | |
| Females | 2 (8.7%) | 0 | 2 (12.5%) | 2 (10.5%) | 4 (9.5%) | |
| Cortisol deficiency (≤11 µg/dl) | ||||||
| All | 15 (23.1%) | 6 (40.0%) | 4 (17.4%) | 10 (26.3%) | 25 (24.0%) | |
| Males | 10 (23. 8%) | 5 (41.7%) | 1 (14.3%) | 6 (31.6%) | 16 (25.8%) | |
| Females | 5 (21.7%) | 1 (33.3%) | 3 (18.7%) | 4 (21.0%) | 9 (21.4%) | |
| TSH deficiency | ||||||
| All | 4 (6.1%) | 0 | 4 (10.5%) | 4 (10.5%) | 8 (7.7%) | |
| Males | 0 | 0 | 1 (14.3%) | 1 (5.3%) | 1 (1.6%) | |
| Females | 4 (17.4%) | 0 | 3 (18.7%) | 3 (15. 8%) | 7 (16.7%) | |
| IGF-I deficiency | ||||||
| All | 19 (29.2%) | 6 (40.0%) | 7 (18.4%) | 13 (34.2%) | 33 (31.7%) | |
| Males | 13 (30.9%) | 5 (41.7%) | 1 (14.3%) | 6 (31.6%) | 20 (32.2%) | |
| Females | 6 (26.1%) | 1 (33.3%) | 6 (37.5%) | 7 (36. 8%) | 13 (30.9%) | |
*
One man (aged 48 years) had increased volume of sella turcica, with the upper boundary of pituitary being mildly convex.