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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: The preoperative localisation of small parathyroid adenomas improves when adding Tc-99m-Sestamibi SPECT to multiphase contrast-enhanced CT

 

All patients (n = 147)

Men (n = 37)

Women (n = 110)

Age (years)

62.2 ± 12.3

58.7 ± 11.8

63.4 ± 12.3

BMI

25.8 ± 4.7

27.0 ± 2.6

25.4 ± 5.2

Operative PTH (pmol/L)

10.8 ± 4.6

11.9 ± 5.0

10.4 ± 4.4

Postoperative PTH (pmol/L)

2.3 ± 2.0

2.2 ± 2.3

2.3 ± 2.0

Preoperative ionised Ca (mmol/L)

1.44 ± 0.08

1.45 ± 0.08

1.43 ± 0.08

Postoperative ionised Ca (mmol/L)

1.27 ± 0.06

1.26 ± 0.06

1.27 ± 0.05

Median adenoma weight (mg)

315 (405)

388 (754)

300 (323)

  1. If not specified, values are mean plus minus standard deviation. Data in parentheses are interquartile ranges
  2. BMI body mass index, PTH parathyroid hormone, Ca calcium