Table 3.

Spearman correlation of predictors of severe hungry bone syndrome

	Lowest Ca level		Ca replacement		Length of hospitalization
	Correlation coefficient	P-value	Correlation coefficient	P-value	Correlation coefficient	P-value
Duration of ESRD	−0.243	0.24	0.022	0.92	−0.09	0.67
Pre-surgery iPTH	−0.640	0.002	0.583	0.006	0.192	0.40
Post-surgery iPTH	−0.521	0.032	0.579	0.015	0.414	0.10
Change in iPTH	−0.596	0.019	0.396	0.14	0.013	0.96
Age	0.608	<0.001	−0.583	<0.001	−0.171	0.37
Gland weight	0.186	0.36	0.061	0.77	0.408	0.038
Alkaline phosphatase	−0.586	0.003	0.540	0.006	0.436	0.033

Abbreviations: Ca, calcium; ESRD, end-stage renal disease; iPTH, intact parathyroid hormone.