Research Article

Preoperative and Postoperative Bone Mineral Density Change and Risk Factor Analysis in Patients with a GH-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma

Table 1

Basic information of the GH-secreting pituitary adenoma group and the nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma group.

GH-secreting pituitary adenomaNonfunctioning pituitary adenoma

N3929
Gender (M/F)19/2015/14
Age (years)43.74 ± 10.3349.14 ± 16.000.120
BMI (kg/m2)26.03 ± 4.5724.69 ± 2.730.292
Disease duration (months)72.15 ± 49.3317.97 ± 34.84<0.001
Adenoma size (mm)15.97 ± 6.8726.43 ± 9.63<0.001
GH (ng/mL)33.49 ± 48.750.80 ± 1.77<0.001
IGF-1 (ng/mL)855.00 ± 261.91168.52 ± 81.14<0.001
T3 (ng/mL)1.37 ± 1.470.97 ± 0.220.109
T4 (ng/mL)7.64 ± 1.707.45 ± 1.640.660
FT3 (pg/mL)3.25 ± 0.702.65 ± 0.45<0.001
FT4 (pg/mL)1.17 ± 0.211.06 ± 0.200.041
TSH (mU/L)1.55 ± 1.032.33 ± 2.590.143
F (ng/mL)10.12 ± 5.2212.43 ± 6.290.130
ACTH (pg/mL)38.12 ± 23.9626.39 ± 18.200.095
PRL (ng/mL)21.34 ± 40.1323.30 ± 20.030.796
T (ng/mL)1.41 ± 1.071.75 ± 1.620.740
P (ng/mL)1.30 ± 2.780.59 ± 0.410.237
E2 (pg/mL)60.89 ± 121.74103.63 ± 263.720.497
LH (IU/L)10.82 ± 10.748.66 ± 8.040.303
FSH (IU/L)22.77 ± 24.6921.52 ± 22.670.860
Ca (mmol/L)2.36 ± 0.182.33 ± 0.100.403
P (mmol/L)1.55 ± 0.221.26 ± 0.13<0.001

BMI: body mass index; GH: growth hormone; IGF-1: insulin-like growth factor-1; T3: triiodothyronine; T4: thyroxine; TSH: thyroid-stimulating hormone; F: cortisol; ACTH: adrenocorticotropic hormone; PRL: prolactin; T: testosterone; P: progestogen; E2: oestradiol; LH: luteinizing hormone; FSH: follicle-stimulating hormone; Ca: calcium; P: phosphorus.