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. 2021 Feb 18;22(2):297–316. doi: 10.1007/s11154-020-09613-1

Table 3.

Nephrolithiasis/Kidney Stones (6 studies)

Article
Study Design
Population Disease Duration/Follow-Up (years) Supplementation (%) Methods Kidney Stones (% of patients) Reported Association Data Between Those Renal Outcomes and the Predefined Biochemical-Related Outcomes Serum Calcium Urinary Calcium Serum Phosphate Urine Phosphate Calcium-Phosphate Product

Underbjerg et al. 2015 [7]

Retrospective follow-up study using national health registry data

180 Danish pts with nonsurgical HypoPT, mean age, 49.7 years

540 age- and gender-matched controls

Not reported

Calcium, 71%

Active vitamin D analogs, 70%

ICD-8 and ICD-10 codes 1%

Not reported

Relevant finding stated in the article:

Risk of nephrolithiasis was not increased in pts compared with controls (HR: 0.80 [95% CI, 0.17–3.85])

Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reported

Outcome Hypocalcemia:

27% pts (9 pts)

Underbjerg et al. 2013 [6]

Retrospective follow-up study using national health registry data

688 Danish pts with postsurgical HypoPT, median (range) age, 49 (17–87) years

2064 age- and gender-matched controls

Median (IQR) duration of disease: 8 (4;12)

Calcium, 93%

Alfacalcidol, 93%

Determined by ICD-8 or ICD-10 codes 2%

Not reported

Relevant finding stated in the article:

Compared with controls, pts had increased risk of renal stones

HR (unadjusted): 4.82 (95% CI, 2.0–11.64)

HR (adjusted for prior renal diseases): 4.22 (1.73–10.30)

HR (adjusted for prior diabetes mellitus and renal disease): 4.02 (1.64–9.90)

Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reported

Arlt et al. 2002 [20]

Cross-sectional study

25 women with postsurgical HypoPT, mean (SD) age, 48.4 (13.6) years

25 sex-, age-, and surgery-matched controls,a mean (SD) age, 49.5 (13.2) years

Median (range) duration of disease: 3 (0.5–38) Calcium and oral vitamin D, vitamin D metabolites or analogs, 100% Renal ultrasound 8% Not reported 2.15 ± 0.21 mmol/L 5.51 ± 4.17 mmol/24 h 1.32 ± 0.22 mmol/L 26.1 ± 8.8 mmol/24 h Not reported

Outcome

Hypocalcemiab:

12% pts

(3 pts)

Outcome

Hypercalciuriac:

23% pts

(5/22 pts)

Meola et al. 2018 [21]

Prospective study

90 pts with postsurgical HypoPT

Mean (SD) age, females: 50 (14) years; males: 57 (14) years

142 sex- and age-matched healthy normative controls Mean (SD) age, females: 53 (8) years; males: 50 (6) years

Mean ± SD disease duration: 9 ± 7

Calcium, 38.9%

Calcitriol, 100%

Renal ultrasound 30% No significant correlation (P = 0.98) between presence of kidney stones and duration of HypoPT, 24-h urinary calcium excretion, total Alb-sCa or vitamin D status

Alb-sCa 8.9 ± 0.5 mg/dL

(range 7.5–10.1)

Male: 359 ± 178 mg/24 h

Female: 290 ± 155 mg/24 h

3.6 ± 0.7 mg/dL (range 2.2–5.9) Not reported Normal, <55 mg2/dL2 in all pts

Outcome Hypocalcemiad:

14% pts

(13 pts)

Outcome Hypercalciuriae:

Female:

52% pts

(33/63 pts)

Male:

63% pts

(12/19 pts)

Outcome Hyperphosphatemia:

8% pts

(7 pts)

Hypercalcemiad:

20% pts

(18 pts)

Hadker et al. 2014 [19]

Patient self-reporting in a cross-sectional survey

374 pts with chronic HypoPT, mean (SD) age, 49.4 (11.6) years Mean ± SD duration of disease: 12.6 ± 12.4

Calcium, 25%

Calcitriol, 44%

Ergocalciferol vitamin D2 or cholecalciferol vitamin D3, 20%

Combination of calcium/calcitriol, 67%

Self-report

35.5%

(since diagnosis)

Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reported Not reported

Levy et al. 2015 [10]

Long-term retrospective follow-up study

29 pediatric pts with chronic HypoPT, mean (SD) age, 11.1 (5.9) years

Mean ± SD

duration of disease:

9.1 ± 5.5

Mean ± SD

duration of follow-up: 7.4 ± 5.0

Calcitriol/calcium, 100%

Cholecalciferol, 79%

Renal ultrasound 0 Not reported

Total calcium: 8.9 ± 0.8 mg/dL

Ionized calcium: 4.6 ± 0.5 mg/dL

Average urine calcium/creatinine ratio: 0.27 ± 0.25 mg/mg 5.9 ± 1.2 mg/dL Not reported Not reported

Alb-sCa, albumin-corrected serum calcium; ESE, European Society of Endocrinology; HR, hazard ratio; HypoPT, hypoparathyroidism; ICD, international classification of diseases and related health problems; IQR, interquartile range; pt, patient; ULN, upper limit of normal

Note: The following superscripted-letter footnotes are based on information contained in the indicated manuscript

aSubtotal thyroidectomy for goiter with intact parathyroid function (n = 23) or parathyroid surgery for hyperparathyroidism (n = 2)

bBelow 2.00 mmol/L

c>ULN 3–8 mmol/day

dESE target ranges used with hypocalcemia being below the recommended ranges and hypercalcemia above

eValues above the ULN (≥300 mg/24 h in males and ≥ 250 mg/24 h in females)