Table 3.

Relationship between pre-operative vitamin D levels and post-operative hypocalcemia and PTH.

	Group A, Vit-D > = 20 ng/ml	Group B, Vit-D <20 ng/ml	Group C, Vit-D< 10 ng/ml	p value
Post-operative hypocalcemia	8.52 ± 0.64 mg/dl (151)	8.46 ± 0.6 mg/dl (79)	8.36 ± 0.46 mg/dl (14)	0.448
Post-operative PTH	32.42 ± 27.53 pg/ml (88)	25.47 ± 19.4 pg/ml (46)	79.8 ± 82.8 pg/ml (9)	0.07
Age (yr)	49.7 ± 16.9 (138)	45.4 ± 14.1 (73)	46.3 ± 16.7 (13)