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Table 4 Labs and Tumor Properties of Patients with Complete Initial Resection

From: Acromegaly: a clinical perspective

Factor

Incomplete

(N = 49)

Complete

(N = 86)

  

n

n (%) or

Median [P25, P75]

n

n (%) or

Median [P25, P75]

p-value

Odds Ratios(95% CI)

Random GH level at Dx

46

25.4[4.5,62.9]

78

6.3[2.6,21.1]

0.001b

0.98 (0.97, 1.00)

IGF-1 level at Dx

49

784.0[675.0,1014.0]

84

752.0[528.5944.0]

0.30b

1.00 (1.00, 1.00)

2-h nadir post OGTT GH at Dx

12

8.2[1.8,29.7]

31

4.3[1.7,12.8]

0.59b

1.00 (0.99, 1.01)

Most recent random GH level

45

1.4[0.32,2.2]

82

0.59[0.30,1.6]

0.11b

0.99 (0.96, 1.02)

Most recent IGF-1 level

49

217.0[153.0,377.0]

84

205.5[161.0,272.5]

0.50b

1.00 (1.00, 1.00)

Most recent 2-h nadir post OGTT GH

9

0.51[0.21,1.3]

23

0.30[0.16,0.80]

0.35b

0.74 (0.26, 2.1)

Tumor size

49

 

85

 

0.077c

 

 • Macroadenoma

 

44(89.8)

 

66(77.6)

 

reference

 • Microadenoma

 

5(10.2)

 

19(22.4)

 

2.5 (0.88, 7.3)

Tumor length/antero-posterior

43

22.0[14.0,29.0]

82

14.5[10.0,18.0]

< 0.001b

0.92 (0.88, 0.96)

Tumor width/transverse

42

20.5[15.0,25.0]

74

14.5[10.0,18.0]

< 0.001b

0.89 (0.84, 0.94)

Tumor height/craniocaudal

39

20.0[15.0,25.0]

66

13.0[9.0,16.0]

< 0.001b

0.86 (0.80, 0.92)

GH staining

49

41(83.7)

86

82(95.3)

0.022c

4.0 (1.1, 14.1)

GH staining type

25

 

39

 

0.11c

 

 • Rare

 

14(56.0)

 

14(35.9)

 

reference

 • Diffuse

 

11(44.0)

 

25(64.1)

 

2.3 (0.81, 6.3)

Pituitary hormone co-staining

49

26(53.1)

86

62(72.1)

0.026c

2.3 (1.10, 4.8)

 • TSH

49

15(30.6)

86

41(47.7)

0.053c

2.1 (0.98, 4.3)

 • Prolactin

49

16(32.7)

86

40(46.5)

0.12c

1.8 (0.86, 3.7)

 • ACTH

49

2(4.1)

86

10(11.6)

0.14c

3.1 (0.65, 14.7)

 • FSH

49

0(0.0)

86

4(4.7)

0.30d

NA

Granulation pattern

8

 

15

 

0.13d

 

 • Densely

 

4(50.0)

 

13(86.7)

 

reference

 • Sparsely

 

4(50.0)

 

2(13.3)

 

0.15 (0.02, 1.2)

Cavernous sinus invasion

46

31(67.4)

85

28(32.9)

< 0.001c

0.24 (0.11, 0.51)

Optic chiasm compression

47

25(53.2)

84

17(20.2)

< 0.001c

0.22 (0.10, 0.49)

  1. p-values: b = Kruskal-Wallis test, c = Pearson’s chi-square test, d = Fisher’s Exact test