The Cost of Prolonged Hospitalization due to Postthyroidectomy Hypocalcemia: A Case-Control Study

Table 1

Patients and nodule details.

	Normocalcemic group ()	Hypocalcemic group ()	value
Sex
Male	41 (31.5%)	10 (16.4%)	0.027
Female	89 (68.5%)	51 (83.6%)
Mean age (SD)	48.0 (13.3)	46.2 (15.4)	0.412
Cytology
Benign	56 (43.1%)	21 (34.4%)	0.162
Malignant	55 (42.3%)	33 (54.1%)
Pathology
Benign	32 (24.6%)	11 (18.0%)	0.310
Malignant	98 (75.4%)	50 (82.0%)