Predictors of Hypocalcemia after Thyroidectomy: Results from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample

Table 1

Thyroidectomy patient demographics and clinical characteristics.

Variable^a	Value
Overall	119,567
Age, mean (SD), 𝑦	50.7 (15.9)
Gender	118,375
Female	96,012 (81.1)
Male	22,363 (18.9)
Ethnicity	91,134
White	64,808 (71.1)
Black	11,422 (12.5)
Hispanic	7,848 (8.6)
Asian or Pacific Islander	3,855 (4.2)
Native American	354 (0.4)
Other	2,847 (3.1)
Principal procedure	119,567
Total thyroidectomy	46,630 (39.0)
Unilateral thyroid lobectomy	46,046 (38.5)
Thyroidectomy with unilateral neck dissection	2,587 (2.2)
Thyroidectomy with bilateral neck dissection	722 (0.6)
Complete substernal thyroidectomy	2,959 (2.5)
Partial substernal thyroidectomy	1,598 (1.3)
Substernal thyroidectomy, not otherwise specified	108 (0.1)
Other: isthmectomy, partial thyroidectomy not otherwise specified	18,917 (15.8)
Length of stay, mean (SD), 𝑑	1.9 (3.5)
Hospital type	119,483
Teaching	67,134 (56.2)
Nonteaching	52,349 (43.8)
Neoplasm of thyroid gland	58,931
Malignant	36,278 (61.6)
Benign	22,653 (38.4)

^aContinuous variables are presented as mean (SD); categorical variables are presented as 𝑛 (%).