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Table 1 Comparing the occurrence of hypercholesterolemia in PA patients and healthy controls

From: SCP2-mediated cholesterol membrane trafficking promotes the growth of pituitary adenomas via Hedgehog signaling activation

 

PA patients (n = 100)

Heathy controls (n = 140)

P value

Age (Mean ± SD)

53.57 ± 9.95

49.99 ± 16.50

0.055

Male/Female

60/40

79/61

0.581

TC increased (%)

22.00% (22/100)

12.14% (17/140)

0.041

LDL-C increased (%)

42.00% (42/100)

3.57% (5/140)

< 0.000

HDL-C increased (%)

2.00% (2/100)

2.86% (4/140)

0.675

  1. TC total cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol