Table 2.

Comparison Among Patients Based on Glands Found During Neck Exploration and Before Thymectomy

	Four Glands Found n=34	<4 Glands Found n=32	p
Sex
Male	12	19	0.05
Female	22	33
Age at operation (yrs)	35.3±2.3	31.4±2.1	0.19
MEN1 definition
Part of Kindred Alone	9	9	0.88
Other MEN1 Lesion Alone	7	6	0.85
Kindred and Other MEN1 Lesion	18	17	0.98
Kindred vs. Lesion vs. Both			1.00
Symptoms
Bone Pain	6	6	0.86
Fatigue	5	7	0.45
Anxiety or Depression	3	4	0.63
Constipation	3	1	0.61
Number of symptoms	0.65±0.1	0.66±0.2	1.00
Signs
Nephrolithiasis	13	16	0.34
Osteopenia	13	12	0.95
Osteoporosis	7	5	0.6
Number of signs	1.3±0.2	1.2±0.1	0.76
Symptoms and Signs	1.9±0.2	1.9±0.2	0.83
Pre-Operative
Serum Calcium (mmol/L)	2.68±0.02	2.67±0.03	0.94
Venous Ionized Calcium (mmol/L)	1.53±0.02	1.54±0.02	0.52
Intra-operative
% change Intact Parathormone (pg/mL)	−85±3	−86±3	0.67