Research Article
The Importance of Correlation between Aldosterone and Parathyroid Hormone in Patients with Primary Hyperparathyroidism
Table 3
Correlation in the study and the control group for the examined variables.
| Study group PHPT (N=48) |
| Variables | PTH (pg/ml) | Total calcium (mmol/l) | Ionized calcium (mmol/l) |
| | r | p | r | p | r | p |
| Renin (pg/ml) | 0.688 | <0.05 | 0.673 | <0.05 | 0.641 | <0.05 |
| Aldosterone (pg/ml) | 0.509 | <0.05 | 0.189 | >0.05 | 0.166 | >0.05 |
| Control group (N=30) |
| Variables | PTH (pg/ml) | Total calcium (mmol/l) | Ionized calcium (mmol/l) | | r | p | r | p | r | p |
| Renin (pg/ml) | -0.383 | >0.05 | -0.060 | >0.05 | -0.118 | >0.05 |
| Aldosterone (pg/ml) | -0.285 | >0.05 | -0.200 | >0.05 | -0.313 | >0.05 |
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Legend: PTH – Parathyroid hormone; PHPT-Primary hyperparathyroidism
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