Therapy of Hypoparathyroidism by Replacement with Parathyroid Hormone

Figure 2

Diurnal variations in plasma ionized calcium levels in patients with hypoparathyroidism following 24 weeks of treatment with 100 μg of PTH_1--84 (black) (𝑛=21) or placebo (gray) (𝑛=17). The background light gray square indicates the reference range (1.18–1.32 mmol/l). The 𝑃 value indicates significance between groups by repeated measurements ANOVA. Median with interquartile (25% to 75% percentile) range. ^▲𝑃<0.01 and ^∗𝑃<0.001 by post hoc comparison. Reproduced with permission from JBMR [18].