Clinical Features and Analysis in Pituitary Stalk Interruption Syndrome

Table 1

Clinical presentation in 24 PSIS patients.

Characteristics	Results
Age at diagnosis (year)	16 (11.5, 18.5)
Gender (male/female) %	91.7%/8.3%
BMI (kg/m^2)	21.21 ± 4.94
Waist circumference (cm)	77.94 ± 11.8
WHR	0.88 ± 0.06
SBP (mmHg)	104.45 ± 15.47
DBP (mmHg)	65.29 ± 7.49
Birth history
Dystocia, n (%)	8 (33.3%)
Abnormal fetal position, n (%)	3 (12.5%)
Resuscitation in neonatal period, n (%)	1 (4.2%)
Head injury, n (%)	1 (4.2%)
No special situation, n (%)	11 (45.8%)
Short stature, n (%)	14 (58.3%)
History of growth hormone therapy before admission, n (%)	12 (50%)

Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation, median (interquartile range), and numbers (percentage). BMI, body mass index; WHR, waist to hip ratio; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure.