Clinical Study

Normocalcemic versus Hypercalcemic Primary Hyperparathyroidism: More Stone than Bone?

Table 2

History of fracture and kidney stones in normocalcemic and hypercalcemic PHPT.

VariableNormocalcemicHypercalcemicGroup total 𝑃 value
N%N%N%

Total33100,037100,070100,0

(i) Fracture
 Yes 5
1M/4F
15.24
0M/4F
10.8912.9 𝑃 ( 1 ) = 0 . 7 2 6
(ii) Kidney Stones
 Yes6 
0M/6F
18.27
3M/4F
18.91318.6 𝑃 ( 2 ) = 0 . 9 3 7

(1)Using Fisher’s exact test. (2)Using Pearson’s chi-square test.
M: male; F: female.