Support Needs of Patients with Cushing’s Disease and Cushing’s Syndrome: Results of a Survey Conducted in Germany and the USA

Table 1

Characteristics of the study population for both groups. Data are presented as frequency () and valid percent (%) or mean ± standard deviation.

Variable	US ()	Germany ()	value
Sex
Female	77 (91.7)	59 (83.1)	0.141
Male	7 (8.3)	12 (16.9)
Age (years)	50.1 ± 13.73	48.8 ± 13.64	0.555
Reason for hypercortisolism
Pituitary adenoma	56 (66.7)	71 (100.0)
Adrenal tumor	21 (25.0)	—
Others^†	7 (8.3)	—

^aFisher’s exact test. ^†Other reasons are pursuing ectopic or pituitary (), bilateral macronodular adrenal hyperplasia (), ectopic ACTH syndrome (), and steroid treatment ().