TABLE 1.

Clinical and laboratory characteristics of TPP and SPP patients

	TPP	SPP
Number	120	60
Age	29 ± 6	25 ± 8
Male:Female	116:4	60:0
Plasma
K+ (3.5–5.1 mEq/liter)	2.1 ± 0.2	2.2 ± 0.2
T3 (86–187 ng/dl)	334 ± 91a	124 ± 30
fT4 (0.8–2.0 ng/dl)	4.0 ± 1.1a	1.1 ± 0.4
TSH (0.35–5.0 μU/liter)	<0.03a	2.3 ± 1.0
Na+ (136–142 mEq/ iter)	141 ± 2	142 ± 5
Cl− (98–106 mEq/liter)	106 ± 2	103 ± 8
Phosphate (2.6–4.6 mg/dl)	2.0 ± 0.5a	2.6 ± 0.7
Ionized calcium (4.5–5.3 mg/dl)	4.8 ± 0.2	4.7 ± 0.2
Magnesium (1.7–2.4 mg/dl)	1.8 ± 0.3	2.0 ± 0.4
Urea nitrogen (12–20 mg/dl)	12 ± 3	12 ± 6
Creatinine (Cr) (0.7–1.2 mg/dl)	0.7 ± 0.2a	1.0 ± 0.3
Urine
K+ (mEq/liter)	9 ± 4	11 ± 5
Creatinine (mg/dl)	108 ± 32	112 ± 37
TTKG	2.4 ± 0.9	2.1 ± 0.4

^a p < 0.05.