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Table 1 Clinical characteristics

From: Imaging of serotonin transporters with [123I]FP-CIT SPECT in the human hypothalamus

 

HI

PI

Control subjects

p value

n= 6

n= 5

n= 6

Age (year)

51.0 ± 6.0

53.8 ± 6.1

49.7 ± 7.4

0.590

Male/female (n)

2/4

2/3

2/4

0.966

Body mass index, kg/(height)2

32.7 ± 10.1

29.3 ± 5.5

26.6 ± 2.0

0.333

ACTH deficiency, n (%)

6 (100)

5 (100)

0 (0)

 

GH deficiency, n (%)

5 (83.3)

5 (100)

0 (0)

 

TSH deficiency, n (%)

6 (100)

4 (80)

0 (0)

 

LH/FSH deficiency, n (%)

6 (100)

5 (100)

0 (0)

 

ADH deficiency, n (%)

2 (33.3)

0

0 (0)

 
  1. HI, patients with probable hypothalamic impairment, defined as having a history of surgery in the sellar region, cranial radiotherapy, and compression of the optic chiasm; PI, subjects with pituitary insufficiency but without a history of cranial surgery, radiotherapy, or compression of the optic chiasm.
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