Table 6. Data of patients with and without NET.
| total group | female | male | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NET n = 12 | non-NET n = 12 | p | NET n = 6 | non-NET n = 8 | p | NET n = 6 | non-NET n = 4 | p | |
| K mmol/l | 2.65 (2.40–2.81) | 2.93 (1.90–3.92) | n.s. | 2.40 (1.97–2.50) | 2.93 (2.00–4.09) | n.s. | 2.81 (2.72–4.50) | 2.80 (1.80–3.92) | n.s. |
| Na mmol/l | 145.00 (142.50–148.80) | 145.10 (141.00–149.35) | n.s. | 146.50 (145.00–149.00) | 143.00 (139.00–148.50) | n.s. | 143.50 (142.00–148.60) | 147.45 (144.10–150.30) | n.s. |
| Ca mmol/l | 2.12 (2.00–2.31) | 2.16 (1.83–2.31) | n.s. | 2.16 (2.11–2.20) | 2.25 (1.89–2.32) | n.s. | 2.00 (1.94–2.42) | 2.01 (1.64–2.19) | n.s. |
| P mmol/l | 0.90 (0.71–1.21) | 0.94 (0.66–1.15) | n.s. | 0.94 (0.71–1.18) | 0.91 (0.76–1.04) | n.s. | 0.85 (0.75–1.21) | 0.99 (0.59–1.27) | n.s. |
| TSH mIU/ml | 0.31 (0.11–0.55) | 0.38 (0.19–0.70) | n.s. | 0.21 (0.03–0.40) | 0.45 (0.14–0.80) | n.s. | 0.37 (0.15–0.70) | 0.29 (0.20–0.38) | n.s. |
| ACTH pmol/l | 75.02 (37.62–98.23) | 57.97 (34.10–87.45) | n.s. | 82.28 (45,76–107.80) | 47.08 (34.10–85.80) | n.s. | 70.40 (29.48–75.24) | 73.26 (41.69–199.65) | n.s. |
| cortisol 0600 nmol/l | 1779.31 (1531.04–2000.00) | 1586.20 (1020.69–1931.04) | n.s. | 1779.31 (1655.17–1958.62) | 1406.90 (1020.69–1820.70) | n.s. | 1806.90 (855.17–2041.38) | 1737.93 (1158.62–2068.97) | n.s. |
| cortisol 2400 nmol/l | 1710.35 (993.10–1875.86) | 703.44 (441.38–1517.24) | * | 1682.70 (1103.45–1765.52) | 620.69 (427.59–1434.48) | n.s. | 1710.35 (882.76–1986.20) | 1227.59 (717.24–1737.93) | n.s. |
| cortisol 0600 h:2400 h ratio | 1.03 (0.98–1.48) | 1.23 (1.04–2.80) | n.s. | 1.34 (0.98–1.70) | 1.78 (1.11–3.33) | n.s. | 1.00 (0.97–1.12) | 0.94 (0.92–0.95) | n.s. |
| Testosterone ng/ml | 2.50 (2.00–4.00) | 4.50 (2.00–7.00) | n.s. | 2.00 (2.00–3.00) | 3.00 (1.50–5.50) | n.s. | 4.00 (2.00–4.00) | 12.50 (5.00–20.00) | n.s. |
| Prolactin μIU/ml | 288.50 (218.00–455.50) | 262.60 (210.00–422.50) | n.s. | 407.00 (223.00–644.00) | 289.50 (235.00–508.00) | n.s. | 274.50 (218.00–337.00) | 234.10 (185.00–283.20) | n.s. |
| CgA nmol/l | 22.50 (4.00–51.00) | 5.00 (5.00–12.00) | n.s. | 7.00 (2.50–22.50) | 5.00 (5.00–12.00) | n.s. | 57.00 (51.00–63.00) | ---- | ---- |
Abbreviations: K—potassium; Na–sodium; Ca-calcium; P–phosphate; TSH—thyroid-stimulating hormone; ACTH—adrenocorticotropic hormone; cortisol 0600—early morning cortisol; cortisol 2400 –midnight cortisol; CgA—Chromogranin A; n.s—non-statistically significant;
*p = 0.024