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Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg Oncol. 2014 Sep 23;22(3):966–971. doi: 10.1245/s10434-014-4022-x

Table 4.

Comparison between patients with transient hypocalcemia and those without transient hypocalcemia. Data expressed as number (percentage) or mean ± standard deviation.

	Patients with Transient Hypocalcemia	Patients without Transient Hypocalcemia	P- value
N	47	125
Age (years)	56 ± 15	61 ± 13	0.48
Female Gender	41 (87.2%)	101 (80.8%)	0.32
Mild Hyperparathyroidism	16 (34%)	72 (57.6%)	0.006
History of Hypertension	25 (53.2%)	81 (64.8%)	0.16
Family History	1 (2.1%)	9 (7.2%)	0.21
Gland Weight (mg)	530 ± 1491	311 ± 371	0.05
Persistence	0 (0%)	5 (4%)	0.16
Recurrence	1 (2.1%)	8 (6.4%)	0.26