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Table 2 PVT1 expression and clinical characteristics in patients with hyperparathyroidism

From: Role of LncRNA score and PVT1 in primary hyperparathyroidism-- a preliminary study

Clinical characteristics

Low-PVT1

(n = 29)

High-PVT1

(n = 28)

P-value

Age (SD)(years)

59.4 (13.4)

57.1 (12.6)

0.500

Sex (% M)

31.0

39.3

0.585

Disease course (SD) (month)

64.2 (92.3)

78.7 (96.6)

0.576

Cause of first diagnosis (%)

With any discomfort

48.3

78.6

0.028#

 

discomfort in Bone system

31.0

35.7

0.783

 

Nephrolith

13.8

17.9

0.730

 

Discomfort in Digestive system

6.9

7.1

1.000

 

Thyroid nodular

17.2

7.1

0.423

 

Elevated Ca2+ level

24.1

25.0

1.000

Clinical manifestation (%)

Bone system

62.1

71.4

0.576

 

Nephrolith

48.3

32.1

0.283

 

Digestive system

17.2

39.3

0.082

Laboratory examination

iPTH (SD) (pg/mL)

442.2 (482.3)

713.0 (690.5)

0.091

 

Ca2+(SD) (mmol/L)

2.76 (0.33)

2.97 (0.42)

0.036*

 

Albumin adjusted Ca2+(SD)(mmol/L)

2.73 (0.36)

2.98 (0.42)

0.021*

 

P (SD)(mmol/L)

0.88 (0.43)

0.79 (0.33)

0.370

 

ALP (SD) (U/L)

144.0 (223.3)

218.0 (297.9)

0.292

Imaging location consistent with histopathology (%, n)

Tc-99 m-MIBI

88.9 (18)

77.8 (18)

0.658

 

Contrast enhanced CT

64.3 (14)

70.00 (10)

1.000

 

Thyroid ultrasound

70.8 (24)

72.2 (18)

1.000

Histopathology

Maximum diameter (SD) (cm)

2.01 (1.34)

2.58 (1.24)

0.103

 

parathyroid cancer (%)

0

39.3

0.000#

LncRNA score (SD)

37.8 (8.9)

62.0 (46.9)

0.008*

  1. *P < 0.05 for Independent Student’s t-test; # P < 0.05 from χ2 test