^99mTechnetium Sestamibi-¹²³Iodine Scintigraphy Is More Accurate Than ^99mTechnetium Sestamibi Alone before Surgery for Primary Hyperparathyroidism

Table 4

Characteristics (median with range) of cured patients with a single adenoma () detected or not detected on preoperative ¹²³I-^99mTc-sestamibi scintigraphy.

	Detected ()	Not detected ()	P value
Age (years)	61 (31–91)	63 (30–81)	0.57
Gender: female/male	116 (73%)/43	33 (58%)/14	0.71
Serum ionized calcium (mmol/L)	1.46 (1.3–2.24)	1.43 (1.3–1.74)	0.014
Serum PTH (g/L)	168 (71–1887)	133 (82–388)	0.0055
Serum 25-OHD (nmol/L)	44 (14–98)	48 (22–67)	0.68
Serum creatinine (mmol/L)	69 (45–225)	66 (46–137)	0.43
Urinary calcium (mmol/24 h)	9.02 (0.49–29.38)	8.00 (0.69–18.56)	0.37
Weight of adenoma (g)	0.78 (0.08–8.49)	0.35 (0.13–1.30)	<0.001