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==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ||
There is only one study | There is no enough information regarding the epidemiology of hypopituitarism and it was only one study combining two cross-sectional studies performed regarding hypopituitarism epidemiology.<ref name="pmid11895214">{{cite journal| author=Regal M, Páramo C, Sierra SM, Garcia-Mayor RV| title=Prevalence and incidence of hypopituitarism in an adult Caucasian population in northwestern Spain. | journal=Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) | year= 2001 | volume= 55 | issue= 6 | pages= 735-40 | pmid=11895214 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=11895214 }} </ref> | ||
===Incidence=== | |||
*The incidence of hypopituitarism is 4.21 cases per 100,000 individual. | |||
===Prevelance=== | ===Prevelance=== | ||
*The prevalence of hypoppituitarism was 29 per 100,000 individual in the first cross-sectional study. | |||
*The prevalence of hypoppituitarism was 45.5 per 100,000 individual in the second cross-sectional study. | |||
===Gender=== | ===Gender=== | ||
Men and women are affected equally by hypopituitarism. | Men and women are affected equally by hypopituitarism. | ||
===Age=== | ===Age=== | ||
*Hypopituitarism occurs in any age. | |||
===Race=== | ===Race=== | ||
*There is no race predilection for hypopituitarism. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmed Elsaiey, MBBCH [2]
Overview
Epidemiology and Demographics
There is no enough information regarding the epidemiology of hypopituitarism and it was only one study combining two cross-sectional studies performed regarding hypopituitarism epidemiology.[1]
Incidence
- The incidence of hypopituitarism is 4.21 cases per 100,000 individual.
Prevelance
- The prevalence of hypoppituitarism was 29 per 100,000 individual in the first cross-sectional study.
- The prevalence of hypoppituitarism was 45.5 per 100,000 individual in the second cross-sectional study.
Gender
Men and women are affected equally by hypopituitarism.
Age
- Hypopituitarism occurs in any age.
Race
- There is no race predilection for hypopituitarism.
References
- ↑ Regal M, Páramo C, Sierra SM, Garcia-Mayor RV (2001). "Prevalence and incidence of hypopituitarism in an adult Caucasian population in northwestern Spain". Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 55 (6): 735–40. PMID 11895214.