Tabel 1. Clinical characteristics of the 45 CD patients according to the CIRP status.
characteristics | Negative N = 22 | Positive N = 23 | P value |
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Female no. (%) | 18 (81.8%) | 20 (87.0%) | 0.700 |
Age at diagnosis (yrs) | 41.8±10.0 | 40.0±14.8 | 0.467 |
Plasma ACTH (pg/ml) | 159.5±146.9 | 155.1±198.2 | 0.212 |
Midnight serum cortisol (μg/dl) | 21.7±10.7 | 21.2±8.3 | 0.892 |
Urinary free cortisol (μg/24h) | 551.5±369.8 | 562.9±398.2 | 0.820 |
Remission | 20 (90.9%) | 18 (78.3%) | 0.414 |
Postoperative recurrence | 1 (5%) | 6 (33.3%) | 0.038 |