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. 2021 Apr 28;50:30. doi: 10.1186/s40463-021-00509-x

Table 2.

PVT1 expression and clinical characteristics in patients with hyperparathyroidism

Clinical characteristics Low-PVT1
(n = 29)
High-PVT1
(n = 28)
P-value
Age (SD)(years) 59.4 (13.4) 57.1 (12.6) 0.500
Sex (% M) 31.0 39.3 0.585
Disease course (SD) (month) 64.2 (92.3) 78.7 (96.6) 0.576
Cause of first diagnosis (%) With any discomfort 48.3 78.6 0.028#
discomfort in Bone system 31.0 35.7 0.783
Nephrolith 13.8 17.9 0.730
Discomfort in Digestive system 6.9 7.1 1.000
Thyroid nodular 17.2 7.1 0.423
Elevated Ca2+ level 24.1 25.0 1.000
Clinical manifestation (%) Bone system 62.1 71.4 0.576
Nephrolith 48.3 32.1 0.283
Digestive system 17.2 39.3 0.082
Laboratory examination iPTH (SD) (pg/mL) 442.2 (482.3) 713.0 (690.5) 0.091
Ca2+(SD) (mmol/L) 2.76 (0.33) 2.97 (0.42) 0.036*
Albumin adjusted Ca2+(SD)(mmol/L) 2.73 (0.36) 2.98 (0.42) 0.021*
P (SD)(mmol/L) 0.88 (0.43) 0.79 (0.33) 0.370
ALP (SD) (U/L) 144.0 (223.3) 218.0 (297.9) 0.292
Imaging location consistent with histopathology (%, n) Tc-99 m-MIBI 88.9 (18) 77.8 (18) 0.658
Contrast enhanced CT 64.3 (14) 70.00 (10) 1.000
Thyroid ultrasound 70.8 (24) 72.2 (18) 1.000
Histopathology Maximum diameter (SD) (cm) 2.01 (1.34) 2.58 (1.24) 0.103
parathyroid cancer (%) 0 39.3 0.000#
LncRNA score (SD) 37.8 (8.9) 62.0 (46.9) 0.008*

*P < 0.05 for Independent Student’s t-test; # P < 0.05 from χ2 test