Risk factors for the incidence of apoplexy in pituitary adenoma: a single-center study from southwestern China

Table 2 The incidence of pituitary apoplexy

Characteristics	Apoplexy(n = 121)	%	P
Age
≤ 35	33	3.91	0.993^*
36~45	31	3.67
46~55	35	4.15
≥ 56	22	2.61
Gender
Female	66	7.82	0.228^*
Male	55	6.52
Tumor size
d ≤ 2 cm	38	4.50	0.276
d > 2 cm	83	9.84
Diabetes mellitus	5	0.59	0.563^*
Hypertension	22	2.61	0.006^*
Pathological staining
Null	66	7.8	NA
FSH-LH	113	13.4
PRL	118	14.0
ACTH	35	4.2
GH	49	5.8
TSH	0	0
Multi-staining	462	54.8

NA Not applicable, PRL Prolactin, GH Growth hormone, LH Luteinizing hormone, ACTH Adrenocorticotropic hormone, TSH Thyroid-stimulating hormone, FSH Follicle-stimulating hormone, PA Clinical pituitary apoplexy
*Pearson’s chi-squared test

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