Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Several studies of rather heterogeneous groups of patients have shown an increased mortality in patients with pituitary diseases. In patients without hypersecretion of growth hormone or ACTH the increased mortality has mostly been attributed to pituitary insufficiency. Some studies have suggested sex-specific differences in standard mortality rates (SMR) whereas others have shown increased cardiovascular and/or cerebrovascular mortality. A recent study of patients ...