Clinicopathological Risk Factors and Biochemical Predictors of Safe Discharge after Total Thyroidectomy and Central Compartment Node Dissection for Thyroid Cancer: A Prospective Study
Table 2
Patterns in the development of hypocalcemic symptoms according to serum calcium and intact PTH levels.
Intact PTH (pg/mL)
Calcium (mg/dL)
Overall
Female
Male
Number of patients
Symptomatic
Number of patients
Symptomatic
Number of patients
Symptomatic
≤9.9
≤7.9
102
71 (69.6%)
89
63 (70.8%)
13
8 (61.5%)
0.528
8.0~8.5
321
179 (55.8%)
260
160 (61.5%)
61
19 (31.1%)
<0.001
≥8.6
177
84 (47.5%)
139
76 (54.7%)
38
8 (21.1%)
<0.001
10.0~19.9
≤7.9
22
2 (9.1%)
20
2 (10.0%)
2
0
NA
8.0~8.5
91
5 (5.5%)
75
4 (5.3%)
16
1 (6.3%)
NA
≥8.6
50
2 (4.0%)
40
2 (5.0%)
10
0
NA
≥20.0
≤7.9
7
1 (14.3%)
6
1 (16.7%)
1
0
NA
8.0~8.5
34
1 (2.9%)
31
1 (3.2%)
3
0
NA
≥8.6
13
0
10
0
3
0
NA
Statistical difference in symptomatic hypocalcemia between female and male. NA: not applicable.
