Clinical Utility of Preoperative Vitamin D3 Injection for Preventing Transient Hypocalcemia after Total Thyroidectomy

Table 5

Multivariate analysis of clinical parameters which influence transient hypocalcemia.

	OR (95% CI)	value
Vitamin D3
Injection	Ref.
Noninjection	1.717 (1.282–2.300)	<0.001
Gender
Female	Ref.
Male	1.427 (1.117–1.822)	0.004
ETE	1.273 (1.011–1.603)	0.040

Data are expressed as odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI). A value <0.05 was considered statistically significant. ETE, extrathyroidal extension.