Hypertension Secondary to PHPT: Cause or Coincidence?

Table 1

Characteristics of patients with PHPT (Group 1–3) and age-and sex matched normal subjects (Group 4).

	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4
𝑁	15	8	5	15
age, years	58 ± 9	61 ± 5	60 ± 8	58 ± 12
Gender(F/m)	9/6	5/3	4/1	9/6
GFR, mL/min/1.73 m²	115 ± 9	120 ± 8	111 ± 8	121 ± 12
Serum calcium mMol/L	3.2 ± 0.2*	3.1 ± 0.1*	2.5 ± 0.1*	2.3 ± 0.1
Serum phosphate, mMol/L	0.8 ± 0.1*	0.8 ± 0.2*	1.0 ± 0.2*	1.4 ± 0.2
Serum PTH, pg/mL	212 ± 31*	292 ± 28*	97 ± 13*	32 ± 6

* 𝑃<0.05 versus healthy subjects.
Group 1 hypercalcaemic, hypertensive patients with PHPT.
Group 2 hypercalcaemic, normotensive patients with PHPT.
Group 2 normocalcaemic, pre-hypertensive patients with PHPT.
Group 2 normal subjects.