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. 2010 Sep;163(3):461–467. doi: 10.1530/EJE-10-0201

Table 1.

Clinical and biochemical data (mean±s.d.) for healthy controls and for patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) before and 15±4 months after parathyroidectomy.

PHPT cases P
Variable Controls n=51 Baseline n=51 (35 females) Follow-up n=51 (35 females) PHPT baseline versus controls PHPT baseline versus follow-up
Age (years) 55.2±8.9 54.3±8.8 55.6±8.7
BMI (kg/m2) 23.4±2.1 24.1±2.9 24.7±3.2 NS <0.05
BSA 1.78±0.17 1.83±0.18 1.85±0.18 NS <0.05
Ionized C-calcium (mM/l) 1.25±0.04 1.46±0.07 1.25±0.05 <0.001 <0.001
P-Calcium (mM/l) 2.29±0.08 2.62±0.13 2.28±0.08 <0.001 <0.001
P-Albumin (g/l) 38.4±2.6 39.4±2.5 38.5±2.9 <0.05 <0.05
fP-PTH (ng/l) 44.1±12.4 122.6±43.6 48.8±15.2 <0.001 <0.001
P-Phosphate (mM/l) 1.1±0.2 0.84±0.2 1.0±0.2 <0.001 <0.001
P-Creatinine (μM/l) 69.7±13.7 67.3±12.6 69.1±16.6a NS NS
fP-Glucose (mM/l) 5.0±0.35 5.0±0.44a 5.0±0.51 NS NS
P-NT-pro-BNP (ng/l) 60.4±35.3a 63.9±55.1a 62.8±50.2a NS NS

BMI, body mass index; BSA, body surface area.

a

n=47–49.