Research Article

Predictive Factors of Secondary Normocalcemic Hyperparathyroidism after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

Table 3

Demographic and laboratory characteristics of presurgical SNHPT patients (group 1, ) and nonpresurgical SNHPT (group 2, ) patients.

Presurgical variableGroup 1Group 2

Age (years, mean ± SD)31.5 ± 3.535.5 ± 2.80.123
BMI (kg/m2, mean ± SD)43.4 ± 4.539 ± 6.70.103
Elapsed time since last effective diet (years, mean ± SD)8.5 ± 0.54 ± 1.2<0.05
Serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D (ng/mL, mean ± SD)23.8 ± 2.629 ± 1.8<0.05
Serum calcium (mg/dL, mean ± SD)9 ± 1.89 ± 2.10.456
Serum PTH (pg/dL, mean ± SD)78.8 ± 3.263 ± 5.4<0.05

ANOVA for continuous variables.