Table 3.
Risk factor identification of biochemical hypocalcemia
| Univariate | Multivariate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | P value | OR | 95% CI | P value | |
| Age (>45/<45) | 1.361 | 0.250 | |||
| Sex(male/female) | 0.438 | 0.012 | 2.150 | 1.126, 4.104 | 0.020 |
| Po hypomagnesemia | 2.158 | 0.008 | 2.030 | 1.146, 3.595 | 0.015 |
| Po hyperphosphatemia | 1.494 | 0.122 | |||
| Pathological diagnosis (malignancy/benign) | / | >0.999 | |||
| TTx/CT | 0.736 | 0.804 | |||
| bilateral/unilateral CND | / | >0.999 | |||
| TTx + BCND | 1.075 | 0.786 | |||
| Lateral nodal dissection | 0.800 | 0.549 | |||
| T1-T2/T3-T4 | 0.783 | 0.347 | |||
| Po iPTH < 1.6 pmol/L | 1.664 | 0.055 | |||
| Relative decline of iPTH > 70% | 1.520 | 0.114 | |||
| Thyroiditis | 0.766 | 0.464 | |||
| Hyperthyroidism | 1.111 | 0.899 | |||
| Autotransplantataon of PTG | 1.297 | 0.330 | |||
| Identification of PTG (≥3/<3) | 1.342 | 0.765 |
TTx total thyroidectomy, CT completion thyroidectomy, Po postoperative, PTG parathyroid gland, CND central nodal dissection, BCND bilateral central nodal dissection, iPTH intact parathyroid hormone, OR odds ratio, CI Confidence Interval