Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the seven study participants with growth hormone deficiency (GHD).

From: The effect of exercise on intramyocellular acetylcarnitine (AcCtn) concentration in adult growth hormone deficiency (GHD)

Age

Diagnosis

Treatment

Duration of hypopit. (years)

Hormone deficiencies

GH

ACTH

FSH/LH

TSH

ADH

26

Medulloblastoma

RT

10

x

  

x

 

37

Pituicytoma

Surgery, RT

3

x

x

x

x

x

47

NFPA

Surgery, RT

8

x

 

x

  

48

Rathke-Cleft-Cyst

Surgery

18

x

x

x

x

x

56

Idiopathic Hypopit.

46

x

 

x

  

56

NFPA

Surgery, RT

21

x

x

x

x

 

58

Plasmacytoma

RT

15

x

x

x

x

 
  1. hypopit. = hypopituitarism; NFPA = non-functioning pituitary adenoma; RT = radiotherapy.
  2. GH = growth hormone; ADH = antidiuretic hormone.