Table 2 Demographic and clinical features of patients affected by primary adrenal insufficiency (PAI) and central adrenal insufficiency (CAI).
PAI | CAI | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Gender (M/F) | 28/16 | 28/17 | 0.89 |
Age at diagnosis (years) | 1.72 ± 0.58 | 5.32 ± 0.77 | 0.0003 |
Age at ED access (years) | 5.56 ± 1.03 | 5.37 ± 1.04 | 0.89 |
Steroid dose (mg/mq/day) | 13.7 ± 0.95 | 14.3 ± 0.73 | 0.65 |
At home steroid management | |||
No change | 26 | 19 | 0.94 |
Double oral dose | 6 | 5 | |
Triple oral dose | 8 | 6 | |
Intramuscular | 2 | 0 | |
No therapy | 2 | 3 | |
Symptoms duration - from onset to ED admission (hours) | 5 ± 1.4 | 28 ± 3.8 | 0.005 |
N. of admissions | 44 | 33 | |
Single admission | 7 | 4 | 0.51 |
2 admissions | 8 | 4 | |
3 admissions | 3 | 3 | |
4 admissions | 3 | 3 | |
Glucose value (mg/dl) | 73.6 ± 10.9 | 84.8 ± 12.4 | 0.5 |
Sodium value (mmol/l) | 137.2 ± 1.23 | 133.3 ± 1.46 | 0.05 |
Patients with adrenal crisis | 10 | 3 | 0.06 |
Adrenal crisis episodes | 12 | 14 | 0.57 |