Research Article
Semiquantitative Assessment of Bowel Habits and Its Relation with Calcium Metabolism after Gastric Bypass Surgery: A Retrospective Study
Table 4
Laboratory results according to fecal scores calculated for each tertile.
| Fecal score | Low | Intermediate | High | -value |
| Patient numbers (Point range per tertile fecal score) | 33 (2–4) | 44 (5-6) | 26 (7–10) | |
| Calcium (mmol/L) (Patient numbers with hypocalcemia) | 2.35 ± 0.09 (0) | 2.32 ± 0.09 (0) | 2.34 ± 0.11 (1) | .43 |
| Vitamin D (<30 nmol/L/<50 nmol/L) | 41 ± 21.0 (11/22) | 51 ± 29.8 (11/25) | 39.5 ± 20.4 (10/16) | .12 |
| PTH (≥6.8 pmol/L) | 4.9 ± 2.3 (4) | 5.8 ± 3.2 (13) | 8.0 ± 3.4 (19) | <.001 |
| Patients with an alimentary limb of 150 cm (% of total) | 3 (9) | 10 (23) | 7 (26) | .17* |
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value by γ 2-test, all other comparisons were performed by one-way ANOVA.
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