Relationship between parathyroid mass and parathyroid hormone level in hemodialysis patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism

Table 3 Bivariate Pearson’s correlation analysis in three subgroups of hemodialysis patients with different serum PTH levels

PTH level (pg/ml)	PTG Volume (cm³)		PTG Weight (g)		PTG Maximum Diameter (cm)
PTH level (pg/ml)	P value	Spearman’s rho	P value	Spearman’s rho	P value	Spearman’s rho
<500	0.592	0.172	0.957	0.018	0.948	0.021
500 ~ 1000	0.297	0.140	0.186	0.178	0.248	0.156
>1000	0.000*	0.338	0.000*	0.396	0.000*	0.404

ISSN: 1471-2369