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Table 4 Risk factor identification of symptomatic hypocalcemia

From: Hypomagnesemia predicts postoperative biochemical hypocalcemia after thyroidectomy

 

Univariate

 

Multivariate

  

OR

P value

OR

95% CI

P value

Age (>45/<45)

0.771

0.493

   

Sex(male/female)

1.837

0.166

   

Po hypocalcemia

2.446

0.014

2.222

1.013, 4.877

0.046

Po hyperphosphatemia

1.237

0.540

   

Po hypomagnesemia

2.689

0.047

1.376

0.973, 2.011

0.218

Pathological diagnosis (malignancy/benign)

3.639

0.144

   

TTx/CT

3.568

0.304

   

bilateral/unilateral CND

1.432

0.344

   

TTx+BCND

1.369

0.397

   

Lateral nodal dissection

1.276

0.590

   

T1-T2/T3-T4

0.679

0.275

   

Po iPTH<1.6 pmol/L

4.949

<0.001

1.194

0.897, 1.901

0.128

Relative decline of iPTH>70%

6.510

<0.001

6.691

3.033, 14.759

<0.001

Thyroiditis

0.649

0.344

   

Hyperthyroidism

1.000

>0.999

   

Autotransplantataon of PTG

0.625

0.204

   

Identification of PTG (≥3/<3)

0.986

0.121

   
  1. TTx total thyroidectomy, CT completion thyroidectomy, Po postoperative, PTG parathyroid gland, CND central nodal dissection, BCND bilateral central nodal dissection, iPTH intact parathyroid hormone, OR odds ratio, CI Confidence Interval