Vitamin D Deficiency as a Predictive Factor of Transient Hypocalcemia after Total Thyroidectomy

Table 3

Biochemical parameters expressed as median and IQR.

	Normocalcemic	Hypocalcemic	value
TSH, μU.I./ml	1.22 (0.77–2.10)	1.02 (0.49–1.73)	0.081
FT3, pmol/L	5.02 (4.54–5.56)	5.07 (4.60–5.59)	0.802
FT4, pmol/L	16.27 (14.33–18.33)	16.22 (14.35–17.57)	0.744
Vitamin D, ng/mL	28.7 (23.5–40.5)	19.57 (7.10–24.84)	0.012
Preoperative serum PTH, pg/mL	44.65 (34.62–68.82)	54.30 (39.18–62.74)	0.799
Albumin, g/L	57.95 (55.40–60.73)	57.80 (55.70–60.45)	0.991
Hgb, g/dL	14.20 (13.20–14.90)	13.50 (12.90–14.63)	0.058

IQR, interquartile range; TSH, thyroid-stimulating hormone; FT3, free triiodothyronine; FT4, free thyroxine; PTH, parathyroid hormone; Hgb, hemoglobin.