Table 1.

Patient characteristics.

	Group A, Vit-D> = 20 ng/ml mean (N) ± SD	Group B, Vit-D <20 ng/ml	p value
Age	49.4 (138) ± 17.3	45.5 (86) ± 14.4	0.072
Gender			0.363
Male	15.2% (20)	21.5% (20)
Female	84.8% (128)	78.5% (73)
Ethnicity			0.003
White	92% (139)	75.3% (70)
African American	4% (6)	16.1% (15)
Other	4% (6)	8.6% (8)
BMI	31 (150) ± 6.97	33.23 (92) ± 9.04	0.044
Thyroid pathology			0.553
Percentage (N)
Cancerous	34.4% (52)	39.8% (37)
Benign	65.6% (99)	60.2% (56)
Thyroid cancer			0.076
Percentage (N)
Papillary	90.4% (47)	78.4% (29)
Follicular	9.6% (5)	21.6% (8)
Vitamin D ng/ml	30.85 (151) ± 9.48	13.47 (93) ± 4.3	Not applicable
Pre-op calcium mg/dl	9.15 (151) ± 0.58	9.06 (93) ± 0.48	0.168
Post-op calcium mg/dl	8.52 (151) ± 0.64	8.45 (93) ± 0.58	0.352
Post-op PTH pg/ml	32.4 (88) ± 27.5	34.4 (55) ± 41.7	0.761