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Table 1 Characteristics of Study Samples

From: Pituitary tumor transforming gene-1 haplotypes and risk of pituitary adenoma: a case-control study

 

Cases (n = 280), n (%)

Controls (n = 280), n (%)

P*

Age (mean ± SD)

42.7 ± 13.5

42.3 ± 12.4

0.745

Gender

   

   Male

142 (50.7)

142 (50.7)

1.0

   Female

138 (49.3)

138 (49.3)

 

Histology

   

   CA

34 (12.2)

  

   SA

32 (11.4)

  

   TA

42 (15)

  

   LA

84 (30)

  

   NCA

88 (31.4)

  
  1. Note: CA, corticotrophic adenoma; SA, somatotrophic adenoma; TA, thyrotrophic adenoma; LA, lactotrophic adenoma (i.e. prolactinoma); NCA, null cell adenoma. *Two-sided Chi-square test was applied to Gender and independent t test was applied to age.
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