Clinical and Economical Outcomes Associated with Parathyroidectomy: A 5-Year Population-Based Study in a Middle-Income Country with Universal Health Coverage

Table 2

Patient demographic and preoperative characteristics categorized by age.

Characteristic	Full sample	Age category
		≤49 y	50–60 y	≥60 y
Comorbidity Charlson index (%)
0–2	63.49	64.29	40.35	58.37
≥3	36.51	35.71	59.65	41.63
Comorbidity (%)
Myocardial infarction	2.30	2.38	2.10	2.63
Congestive heart failure	5.23	7.14	3.78	6.14
Peripheral vascular disease	1.05	0.79	0.84	1.75
Cerebrovascular accident	3.97	3.17	5.04	2.63
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	7.95	3.17	6.72	15.79
Peripheral vascular disease	2.72	2.38	2.94	2.63
Liver disease	0.84	0.79	0.84	0.88
Diabetes mellitus	16.74	13.49	9.24	35.96
Solid tumor	14.44	9.52	14.71	19.30
Solid tumor metastatic	1.67	1.59	1.68	1.75
AIDS	2.09	0.79	2.94	1.75
Hypertension arterial	36.19	26.98	39.08	40.35
Kidney transplant	4.81	5.56	5.88	1.75
Observations	478	126	238	114