Table 1: Clinical characteristic of the patients with craniopharyngioma.
| Brain invasión n = 51 | Non invasión n = 49 | P value | |
| Age | 50.25 ± 13.82 ys | 48.08 ± 11.96 ys | 0.361 |
|
Female Male |
24 (53) 26 (51) |
35 (69) 15 (37) |
0.037 |
| Time symptoms presentation | 11.08 ± 4.39 | 10.08 ± 3.69 | 0.433 |
| Recurrence | 26 (51) | 19 (39) | 0.220 |
| Panhipopitituarism | 23 (45) | 13 (27) | 0.042 |
| Insipidus diabetes | 24 (47) | 20 (41) | 0.335 |
|
Total exeresis Partial exeresis |
33 (65) 30 (59) |
18 (37) 19 (39) |
0.718 cc0.038 |
| Death | 7 (14) | 4 (9) | 0.374 |
| Follow-up | 30.12 ± 13.82 mo | 34.59 ± 8.48 mo | 0.001 |
| Tumor size | 36.35 ± 6.36 | 34.69 ± 5.91 | 0.348 |
cc: Coefficient of correlation of Sperman and Pearson. Age, tumor size and follow-up were calculated by mean and standard derivation.