Table 4.
Risk factor identification of symptomatic hypocalcemia
| Univariate | Multivariate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | P value | OR | 95% CI | P value | |
| Age (>45/<45) | 0.771 | 0.493 | |||
| Sex(male/female) | 1.837 | 0.166 | |||
| Po hypocalcemia | 2.446 | 0.014 | 2.222 | 1.013, 4.877 | 0.046 |
| Po hyperphosphatemia | 1.237 | 0.540 | |||
| Po hypomagnesemia | 2.689 | 0.047 | 1.376 | 0.973, 2.011 | 0.218 |
| Pathological diagnosis (malignancy/benign) | 3.639 | 0.144 | |||
| TTx/CT | 3.568 | 0.304 | |||
| bilateral/unilateral CND | 1.432 | 0.344 | |||
| TTx+BCND | 1.369 | 0.397 | |||
| Lateral nodal dissection | 1.276 | 0.590 | |||
| T1-T2/T3-T4 | 0.679 | 0.275 | |||
| Po iPTH<1.6 pmol/L | 4.949 | <0.001 | 1.194 | 0.897, 1.901 | 0.128 |
| Relative decline of iPTH>70% | 6.510 | <0.001 | 6.691 | 3.033, 14.759 | <0.001 |
| Thyroiditis | 0.649 | 0.344 | |||
| Hyperthyroidism | 1.000 | >0.999 | |||
| Autotransplantataon of PTG | 0.625 | 0.204 | |||
| Identification of PTG (≥3/<3) | 0.986 | 0.121 |
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