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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 14, 2019; 25(14): 1741-1752
Published online Apr 14, 2019. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v25.i14.1741
Published online Apr 14, 2019. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v25.i14.1741
Table 2 Etiology of hypopituitarism and distribution of pituitary deficiencies in our patients n (%)
| NAFLD (-) (n = 23) | NAFLD (+) | |||
| NAFLD (n = 20) | Cirrhosis (n = 7) | |||
| Etiology | Congenital hypopituitarism | 7 (30.4) | 9 (45.0) | 3 (42.9) |
| Intracranial germ cell tumor | 10 (43.5) | 4 (20.0) | 3 (42.9) | |
| Craniopharyngioma | 1 (4.3) | 2 (10.0) | 1 (14.3) | |
| Others | 5 (21.7) | 5 (25.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Distribution of pituitary deficiencies | Gonadotrophins | 23 (100) | 20 (100) | 7 (100.0) |
| Growth hormone | 20 (87.0) | 19 (95.0) | 7 (100.0) | |
| Thyroid | 18 (78.3) | 12 (60.0) | 7 (100.0) | |
| Adrenal | 14 (60.9) | 13 (65.0) | 6 (85.7) | |
| Diabetes insipidus | 18 (78.3) | 13 (65.0) | 5 (71.4) | |
| Number of pituitary axis deficiencies | 1 | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| 2 | 2 (8.7) | 3 (15.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| 3 | 6 (26.1) | 4 (20.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| 4 | 4 (17.4) | 6 (30.0) | 3 (42.9) | |
| 5 | 11 (47.8) | 7 (35.0) | 4 (57.1) | |
- Citation: Yuan XX, Zhu HJ, Pan H, Chen S, Liu ZY, Li Y, Wang LJ, Lu L, Yang HB, Gong FY. Clinical characteristics of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in Chinese adult hypopituitary patients. World J Gastroenterol 2019; 25(14): 1741-1752
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v25/i14/1741.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v25.i14.1741