Table 4.

Demographic Data for Laboratory Outcome.

1	Author, Year	Study type	CS patients (n)	Tissue origin of CS (n)	Age (years)	% Female	Controls (n)
2	Barbot (42)	Case series	44	Pituitary = 44	43.2	77	n/a
3	Birdwell (58)	Case series	54	Pituitary = 52 Adrenal = 2	15.1	61	18
4	Boscaro (31)	Case-control	232	Pituitary = 151 Adrenal = 67 Ectopic = 5	38.9	79	80
5	Casonato (8)	Case series	20	Pituitary = 11 Adrenal = 7 Ectopic = 2	n/a	70	n/a
6	Chopra (36)	Case control	50	Pituitary = 22 Adrenal = 28	21.5	n/a	50
7	Colao (59)	Case control	15	Pituitary = 15	25	80	30
8	Erem (60)	Case control	24	Pituitary = 13 Adrenal = 11	41	79	24
9	Fatti (9)	Case control	29	Pituitary = 26 Adrenal = 3	39	82	20
10	Guarnotta (52)	Case series	192	Pituitary = 138 Adrenal = 54	43	80.2	n/a
11	Ikkala (16)	Case series	12	Pituitary = 7 Adrenal = 4 Ectopic = 1	28	92	n/a
12	Kastelan (18)	Case control	33	Pituitary = 25 Adrenal = 8	45.4	76	31
13	Kastelan (61)	Case control	18	Pituitary = 15 Adrenal = 3	38.6	89	18
14	Koutroumpi (19)	Case series	58	Pituitary = 43 Adrenal = 13 Ectopic = 2	41.4	78	n/a
15	Koutroumpi (40)	Case control	33	Pituitary = 24 Adrenal = 5 Ectopic* = 4	52	73	30
16	Manetti (55)	Case control	40	Pituitary = 36 Adrenal = 4	46	80	40
17	Patrassi (25)	Case control	30	Pituitary = 19 Adrenal = 11	38.9	83	30
18	Giraldi (62)	Case control	12	Pituitary = 12	47.6	83	10
19	Prazny (63)	Case control	29	Pituitary = 22 Adrenal = 6 Ectopic* = 1	47	72	16
20	Swiatkowska-Stodulska (64)	Case control	35	Adrenal = 35	56	71	33
21	Swiatkowska-Stodulska (37)	Case control	35	Adrenal = 35	56	71	33
22	Swiatkowska-Stodulska (45)	Case control	30	Pituitary = 12 Adrenal = 18	56.5	80	30
23	Tauchmanova (32)	Case control	28	Adrenal = 28	56	68	100
24	Terzolo (17)	Case control	41	Pituitary = 25 Adrenal = 10 Ectopic* = 6	48.2	66	105
25	Tripodi (48)	Case control	48	Pituitary = 48	45	75	48
26	Zilio (47)	Case series	176	Pituitary = 142 Adrenal = 25 Ectopic* = 9	48	81	n/a