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

Table 4

Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses to estimate the risk of hypocalcemia.

	Crude OR (95% CI)	value	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	value
Preoperative serum 25-OHD		0.012		0.013
Normal	1		1
Deficiency	14.82 (1.59–59.70)		14.21 (1.75–115.73)
Gender		0.216		0.230
Male	1		1
Female	5.36 (0.95–5.27)		5.00 (0.360–69.60)
Smoking		0.298		0.321
No	1		1
Yes	3.75 (0.89–7.85)		3.45 (0.217–54.65)
Tumor		0.918		0.961
No	1		1
Yes	1.18 (0.63–3.28)		1.08 (0.05–22.57)
Obesity		0.057		0.095
No	1		1
Yes	1.85 (0.98–3.48)		1.65 (0.89–4.95)