Table 7.
Age (years) of patients according to hormonal status and neuroradiology.
| Neuroradiology of sella turcica |
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| Normal | Empty | Statistics, Empty vs Normal |
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| Normal (cortisol normal at ≥7.1 µg/dl) | ||||
| Males | 54.1 ± 25.2 [64], n = 26 | 75.7 ± 17.4 [81], n = 9 | P = 0.023 | |
| Females | 66.7 ± 19.6 [72.5], n = 14 | 73.0 ± 12.0 [73], n = 11 | P = 0.56 | |
| Statistics, M vs F | P = 0.14 | P = 0.40 | ||
| Normal (cortisol normal at ≥11.1 µg/dl) | ||||
| Males | 54.8 ± 25.8 [64], n = 22 | 75.7 ± 17.4 [81], n = 9 | P = 0.036 | |
| Females | 70.1 ± 15.3 [73], n = 13 | 74.9 ± 11.9 [73], n = 9 | P = 0.55 | |
| Statistics, M vs F | P = 0.11 | P = 0.56 | ||
| At least one deficiency (cortisol def. at <7 µg/dl) | ||||
| Males | 54.3 ± 21.7 [52.5], n = 16 | 55.6 ± 18.9 [52.5], n = 10 | P = 0.87 | |
| Females | 66.1 ± 22.6 [73], n = 9 | 66.1 ± 15.9 [68.5], n = 8 | P = 0.97 | |
| Statistics | , M vs F | P = 0.22 | P = 0.25 | |
| , vs Normal (M) | P = 0.86 | P = 0.022 | ||
| , vs Normal (F) | P = 0.93 | P = 0.41 | ||
| At least one deficiency (cortisol def. at ≤ 11 µg/dl) | ||||
| Males | 53.5 ± 21.7 [52.5], n = 20 | 55.6 ± 18.9 [52.5], n = 10 | P = 0.77 | |
| Females | 61.7 ± 21.5 [64], n = 10 | 65.8 ± 14.6 [68.5], n = 10 | P = 0. 85 | |
| Statistics | , M vs F | P = 0.36 | P = 0.23 | |
| , vs Normal (M) | P = 0.98 | P = 0.022 | ||
| , vs Normal (F) | P = 0.81 | P = 0.23 | ||
Statistically significant values are shown in bold.