Research Article
Effect of Preoperative Vitamin D Deficiency on Hypocalcemia in Patients with Acute Hypoparathyroidism after Thyroidectomy
Table 1
Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of studied patients.
| | Characteristics | VDD (n = 21) | Non-VDD (n = 22) | value |
| | Demographics | | | | | Female sex, n (%) | 18 (85.7%) | 20 (90.9%) | 0.66 | | Age (years), mean ± SD | 46.3 ± 17 | 55 ± 12 | 0.07 | | Malignant thyroid disease, n (%) | 14 (66.7%) | 12 (54.5%) | 0.42 | | Papillary, n | 13 | 10 | | | Follicular, n | 0 | 1 | | | Medullary, n | 1 | 1 | | | Benign thyroid disease, n (%) | 7 (33.3%) | 10 (45.5%) | 0.42 | | Graves’ disease, n | 2 | 5 | | | Multinodular toxic goiter, n | 0 | 1 | | | Multinodular euthyroid goiter, n | 5 | 4 | | | Total thyroidectomy, n (%) | 19 (90.5%) | 20 (90.9%) | 1.00 | | Neck dissection, n (%) | | | | | Not performed | 14 (66.7%) | 19 (86.4%) | 0.353 | | CCND | 2 (9.1%) | 1 (4.5%) | | | CCND + MRND | 5 (23.8%) | 2 (9.1%) | | | Duration of operation (min), median (IQR) | 190 (105–225) | 118 (90–205) | 0.26 | | Weight of excised thyroid gland (g), median (IQR) | 39 (26–150) | 56 (25–129) | 0.84 |
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A value < 0.05 indicates statistical significance. VDD: vitamin D deficiency; SD: standard deviation; CCND: central compartment neck dissection; MRND: modified radical neck dissection; IQR: interquartile range. |
