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. 2023 Sep 22;12(10):e230107. doi: 10.1530/EC-23-0107

Table 2.

Preoperative laboratory and dialysis-related data of peritoneal dialysis patients underwent parathyroidectomy, stratified by the presence or absence of hungry bone syndrome (n = 66).

Variable All patients (n = 66) Patients with hungry bone syndrome (n = 47) Patients without hungry bone syndrome (n = 19) P
Hemogram
 White blood cell count, 103/µL 7.6 ± 2.7 7.4 ± 2.8 8.1 ± 2.7 0.403
 Red blood cell count, 106/µL 3.3 ± 0.6 3.3 ± 0.6 3.3 ± 0.7 0.944
 Hemoglobin, g/dL 9.5 ± 1.7 9.5 ± 1.7 9.7 ± 1.8 0.689
 Hematocrit, % 28.8 ± 5.1 28.8 ± 5.0 28.9 ± 5.4 0.936
 Mean corpuscular volume, fL 87.4 ± 6.2 87.3 ± 6.5 87.6 ± 5.4 0.884
 Platelet count, 103/µL 290.6 ± 89.8 288.4 ± 91.3 296.0 ± 88.2 0.758
Biochemistry
 Intact parathyroid hormone, pg/mL 1768.4 ± 1480.3 1951.4 ± 1708.1 1315.9 ± 390.7 0.115
 Aspartate aminotransferase, U/L 20.4 ± 9.3 19.1 ± 8.6 23.5 ± 10.4 0.082
 Alanine aminotransferase, U/L 18.7 ± 21.1 19.0 ± 24.5 17.8 ± 7.7 0.829
 Total bilirubin, mg/dL 0.3 ± 0.1 0.3 ± 0.1 0.3 ± 0.2 0.994
 Fasting glucose, mg/dL 113.0 ± 51.2 112.9 ± 58.2 113.5 ± 29.5 0.966
 Uric acid, mg/dL 7.1 ± 1.2 7.1 ± 1.2 7.1 ± 1.4 0.862
 Blood urea nitrogen, mg/dL 69.1 ± 18.3 70.5 ± 18.8 65.7 ± 16.8 0.338
 Creatinine, mg/dL 12.2 ± 2.6 12.2 ± 2.5 12.3 ± 2.9 0.822
 Potassium, mEq/L 3.9 ± 0.6 4.0 ± 0.6 3.6 ± 0.6 0.015a
 Sodium, mEq/L 135.3 ± 3.7 135.2 ± 3.6 135.6 ± 4.2 0.726
 Corrected calcium, mg/dL 10.6 ± 0.9 10.4 ± 0.9 11.0 ± 0.8 0.014a
 Phosphate, mg/dL 6.3 ± 1.3 6.4 ± 1.3 6.2 ± 1.5 0.687
 Albumin, g/dL 3.7 ± 0.4 3.7 ± 0.4 3.7 ± 0.4 0.731
 Alkaline phosphatase, U/L 159.7 ± 80.4 178.2 ± 87.5 115.0 ± 29.6 0.003b
 Total cholesterol, mg/dL 197.4 ± 38.3 202.5 ± 39.5 184.8 ± 32.9 0.091
 Triglycerides, mg/dL 214.8 ± 167.4 201.4 ± 147.2 247.2 ± 209.5 0.320
 Iron, µg/dL 64.9 ± 25.4 64.7 ± 23.1 65.5 ± 31.2 0.912
 Total iron binding capacity, µg/dL 297.1 ± 60.1 287.8 ± 51.5 320.4 ± 74.2 0.051
 Transferrin saturation, % 22.1 ± 8.5 22.9 ± 8.7 20.3 ± 7.7 0.287
 Ferritin, ng/mL 301.6 ± 357.3 316.1 ± 367.5 268.0 ± 339.6 0.628
Dialysis-related data
Dialysate calcium concentration
0.979
 2.5 mEq/L, n (%) 45 (68.2) 32 (68.1) 13 (68.4)
 3.5 mEq/L, n (%) 21 (31.8) 15 (31.9) 6 (31.6)
PD modality 0.133
 CAPD, n (%) 49 (74.2) 32 (68.1) 17 (89.5)
 APD, n (%) 7 (10.6) 7 (14.9) 0 (0)
 CPAD/APD, n (%) 10 (15.2) 8 (17.0) 2 (10.5)
Residual urine, mL/day 136.0 ± 225.8 167.8 ± 257.3 57.4 ± 105.0 0.015a
Kt/Vurea 2.3 ± 0.3 2.3 ± 0.3 2.3 ± 0.3 0.962
Creatinine clearance, L/1.73 m2/week 56.9 ± 8.9 55.8 ± 7.7 59.8 ± 11.4 0.106
Normalized protein catabolic rate, g/kg/day 1.1 ± 0.2 1.1 ± 0.2 1.1 ± 0.3 0.896
Erythropoietin dose, unit/month 18872.7 ± 4615.0 18410.3 ± 5432.4 20000.0 ± 0.0 0.250

aP < 0.05, bP < 0.01.

APD, automated peritoneal dialysis; CAPD, continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis; Kt/V urea, K dialyzer urea clearance; t, total dialysis session time; V, volume of distribution of urea.