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Table 5 COX-2 Correlation with patient’s clinic pathological features

From: Cyclooxygenase enzyme and PGE2 expression in patients with functional and non-functional pituitary adenomas

Parameter

Groups

Non-Functional pituitary adenoma

(P value)

Acromegaly

(P value)

Cushing

(P value)

Prolactinoma

(P value)

Age (Years)

20–40

0.88

0.9

0.4

0

40–60

0.56

0.17

0.61

 

60≤

    

Gender

Female

0.29

0.76

0.04

0.057

Male

    

Tumor invasiveness

Invasive

0.05

0.84

0.21

0

Non- Invasive

    

Tumor size

Micro-Adenoma

0

0.54

0.07

0

Macro-adenoma

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