Table 1

Characteristics of the patients with pituitary deficiency after subarachnoid haemorrhage

Patient	Sex	Age at time of SAH (years)	H&H¹	Severity of SAH²	Aneurysm location	GOS³	BDI⁴	BMI (kg/m²)	Weight gain (kg)	Shunt	Max GH in ITT (μg/l)	Max GH in arginine test (μg/l)	Max. cortisol in ITT (μg/l)	Deficient hormone axis
¹According to the grading system of Hunt and Hess (1968), ranging from mild headache (grade 1) to coma (grade 5).
²According to the classification of the severity of subarachnoid haemorrhage seen on cranial computed tomography by Fisher et al (1980), ranging from no blood present (grade 0) to severe, extended diffuse SAH (grade 3).
³At six-month follow up, according to the Glasgow outcome scale (Jennett and Bond, 1967), ranging from no/minimal impairment (grade V) to death (grade I).
⁴According to the Beck depression inventory (Beck 1961): mild depression is indicated by a score of ≥ 9, severe depression by a score of ≥ 21. Note that severe depression was an exclusion criterion from the present study.
ACTH, adrenocorticotrophin; BDI, Beck depression inventory; BMI, body mass index; GH, growth hormone; GOS, Glasgow outcome scale; H&H, Hunt and Hess grading system; ITT, insulin tolerance test; MCA, middle cerebral artery; PcoA, posterior communicating artery; SAH, subarachnoid haemorrhage.
1	F	38	3	3	Middle cerebral	4	11	20	0	No	24.4	13.6	464	ACTH deficiency
2	F	44	2	3	Pericallosal	4	4	25	10	No	18.7	33.2	466	ACTH deficiency
3	F	49	2	3	Anterior communicating	4	19	32	17	No	1.8	2.7	514	Severe GH deficiency
4	F	45	1	3	Anterior communicating	4	16	37	20	Yes	<0.1	2.1	244	Severe GH and ACTH deficiency
5	M	38	2	2	Anterior choroidal	5	4	37	15	No	2.6	0.3	625	Severe GH deficiency
6	F	39	1	1	Posterior communicating	4	11	25	10	No	1.7	14.3	357	ACTH deficiency
7	F	45	5	3	MCA (’01); PCoA (’95)	3	11	25	0	No	3.3	1.4	536	Partial GH deficiency
8	F	46	3	2	Anterior communicating	4	11	26	15	No	13.9	16.2	368	ACTH deficiency
9	F	54	1	1	Anterior communicating	5	4	39	7	No	1.0	2.1	444	Severe GH and ACTH deficiency