Table 3.

Clinical characteristics of false negative and true positive patients in BIPSS

	False negative (n = 5)	True positive (n = 11)	p-Value
Age (years)	16.1 ± 2.0	15.2 ± 2.8	0.532
Duration of disease (years)	3.0 (1.5, 3.5)	2.0 (0.9, 3.0)	0.377
Height (cm)	152.0 ± 12.0	152.7 ± 15.0	0.930
Height SDS	−1.4 ± 1.9	−1.2 ± 2.2	0.920
Weight (kg)	61.1 ± 3.9	66.8 ± 20.7	0.560
Weight SDS	1.2 ± 0.5	1.3 ± 1.3	0.780
BMI	26.7 ± 3.6	28.1 ± 4.5	0.564
ACTH (ng/L)	48.1 ± 14.0	60.5 ± 26.0	0.339
24 h UFC (μg)	488.6 (373.0, 501.5)	562.4 (191.9, 897.2)	0.827
ACTH at dominant IPS (ng/L)	52.1 (42.5, 57.1)	745.0 (522.0, 1237.5)	0.001*
Tumor size (mm)	4.8 ± 0.5	7.3 ± 4.3	0.267
Sex			0.588
Male	1	5
Female	4	6
Duration of disease			0.245
≤1 year	0	4
>1 year	5	7
Sampling lateralization before stimulation			0.036*
Presence	1	9
Absence	4	2
Actual position			0.093
Left	0	6
Others	5	5
Actual position			0.245
Right	3	2
Others	2	9

* p<0.05