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. 2018 Dec 7;40:56–66. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2018.11.057

Table 1.

The clinical characteristics of PHPT patients at baseline.

PTH Total
Tertile 1
Tertile 2
Tertile 3
Correlation between PTH and clinical index
N = 496 <196 pg/ml
196–465.1 pg/ml
>465.1 pg/ml
β P
N = 165 N = 165 N = 166
Age 54 (46,61.5) 56 (50, 63) 54 (46,62) 51 (41, 59) −0.06 <0.0001
Male/Female (%) 145/351 (29.2/70.8) 37/128 (22.4/77.6) 49/116 (29.7/70.3) 59/107 (35.5/64.5) / /
Duration (months) 5 (1,24) 6 (2,36) 4.5 (1,24) 6 (1,24) −0.07 0.47
Body weight (kg) 60 (52,68) 61 (55,69) 60 (53, 69) 57 (49, 65) −0.03 <0.0001
BMI (kg/m2) 22.4 (20.3,24.9) 22.9 (20.8,25.4) 23.0 (20.6, 25.1) 21.9 (19.3, 24.2) −0.04 <0.0001
Calcium (mmol/l) 2.77 (2.56,3.01) 2.57 (2.44,2.70) 2.75 (2.58, 2.92) 3.11 (2.87,3.36) 0.08 <0.0001
Phosphorus (mmol/l) 0.84 (0.70,0.99) 0.98 (0.86, 1.09) 0.85 (0.74, 0.94) 0.72 (0.60, 0.82) −0.14 <0.0001
25 (OH)D (nmol/l) 27.0 (15.3, 37.9) 31.5 (17.8,43.8) 26.0 (14.5, 35.5) 23.3 (14.2, 33.1) −0.08 0.02
Scr (μmol/l) 68 (56, 85) 63 (55, 73) 68 (54, 82) 82 (60, 119) 0.12 <0.0001
Albumin (g/l) 38 (35,40) 38 (36,41) 38 (36,40) 37 (34,40) −0.03 <0.0001
BMDL1-4 (g/cm2) 0.92 (0.79,1.05) 0.98 (0.87,1.09) 0.95 (0.81, 1.07) 0.85 (0.75,1.00) −0.08 <0.0001
BMD total hip (g/cm2) 0.78 (0.68,0.89) 0.83 (0.73,0.94) 0.80 (0.71, 0.89) 0.70 (0.60,0.82) −0.11 <0.0001

Values are shown as median (interquartile range) or N (%); Scr: serum creatinine; BMD: Bone mineral density; L1-4: lumbar 1–4.

P < .05 vs. PTH tertile 1.