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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the total study population

From: Diagnostic pitfalls of hyperprolactinemia: the importance of sequential pituitary imaging

Characteristic

Non-functioning adenoma

Prolactinoma

P value

Age, years old

Range (median)

23-80 (60)

14-82 (38)

< 0.001*

Sex

Male (%)

98 (46.2)

20 (21.1)

0.05

 

Female (%)

114 (53.8)

75 (78.9)

-

Tumor size

Maximum Diameter (mean ± SD, mm)

23.4 ± 6.3

15.4 ± 9.0

< 0.001*

Serum prolactin concentration

(mean ± SD, ng/ml)

28.4 ± 32.1

747.0 ± 1548.9

< 0.001*

  1. *statistically significant.
  2. SD, standard deviation.