Table 5.
Comparison of study group and control group excluding patients who had concomitant parathyroidectomy. BMI kg/m2, serum total calcium mg/dL (normal 8.5-10.5), 25-OH-Vitamin D ng/mL (normal 33-100), PTH pg/mL (normal 10-60)
| Study group (n=16) | Control group (n=33) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | %/±SD | n | %/±SD | p-value | |
| Age | 49.3 | ±11.0 | 49.1 | ±10.5 | 0.95 |
| Females | 15 | 93.8% | 30 | 90.9% | 1.00 |
| Initial BMI | 45.8 | ±6.7 | 44.1 | ±4.8 | 0.38 |
| Total thyroidectomy | 14 | 87.5% | 31 | 93.9% | 0.59 |
| Malignant | 7 | 43.8% | 19 | 57.6% | 0.54 |
| Symptomatic hypocalcemia | 6 | 37.5% | 0 | 0% | <0.01 |
| IV Calcium replacement | 3 | 18.8% | 0 | 0% | 0.03 |
| LOS (days) | 2.0 | ±2.1 | 1.2 | ±0.7 | 0.16 |
| Pre-op Ca | 9.2 | ±0.5 | 9.5 | ±0.4 | 0.06 |
| Pre-op vitamin D | 27.5 | ±13.8 | 31.7 | ±11.8 | 0.42 |
| Pre-op PTH | 78.4 | ±15.5 | 44.2 | ±13.2 | <0.01 |
| Post-op Ca | 7.9 | ±0.9 | 8.2 | ±0.7 | 0.21 |
| Post-op vitamin D | 22.3 | ±11.7 | 29.4 | ±8.3 | 0.10 |
| Post-op PTH | 51.9 | ±32.0 | 66.5 | ±49.9 | 0.48 |
| 6 month Ca | 8.9 | ±0.8 | 9.2 | ±0.5 | 0.27 |
| 6 month vitamin D | 31.9 | ±11.2 | 40.1 | ±12.7 | 0.10 |
| 6 month PTH | 82.9 | ±68.3 | 82.1 | ±109.0 | 0.16 |