Research Article

Association between Serum Magnesium and Hemoglobin in Patients with Primary Hyperparathyroidism

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the subjects.

Number of subjects (males/females)307 (102/205)

Age (years)52.2 ± 14.6
Duration (years)4.48 ± 7.06
BMI (kg/m2)22.4 ± 3.4
Hemoglobin (g/L)120 ± 21
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2)76.0 ± 39.1
Creatinine (umol/L)91.4 ± 76.2
Albumin (g/L)38.5 ± 7.7
Serum calcium (mmol/L)2.85 ± 0.44
Corrected calcium (mmol/L)3.11 ± 0.57
Serum phosphorus (mmol/L)0.78 ± 0.28
Serum magnesium (mmol/L)0.85 ± 0.18
PTH (pg/mL)68.0 ± 80.9
25(OH)D (ng/mL)33.6 ± 17.3
Symptomatic patients, n (%)237 (77.2)
Anemia, n (%)138 (45.0)
Hypomagnesemia, n (%)77 (25.1)

BMI, body mass index; eGFR, estimate glomerular filtration rate; PTH, parathyroid hormone; 25(OH)D: 25-hydroxyvitamin D.