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DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS IN THE DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF HYPERCALCAEMIA
Author(s) -
CASCIO V. LO,
VALLAPERTA P.,
ADAMI S.,
COMINACINI L.,
GALVANINI G.,
BIANCHI I.,
FERRARI M.,
SCURO L. A.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
clinical endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1365-2265
pISSN - 0300-0664
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2265.1978.tb02777.x
Subject(s) - hypercalcaemia , primary hyperparathyroidism , creatinine , medicine , differential diagnosis , hyperparathyroidism , alkaline phosphatase , serum chloride , endocrinology , reabsorption , gastroenterology , urology , calcium , chemistry , pathology , chloride , kidney , biochemistry , enzyme , organic chemistry
Linear discriminant analysis, a multivariate statistical procedure, applied to serum calcium, phosphate, alkaline phosphatase, bicarbonate, chloride, creatinine and tubular reabsorption of phosphate, proved to be effective in distinguishing patients with Primary Hyperparathyroidism from other hypercalcaemic patients in eighty‐four retrospective cases. The application of the model to thirty‐four prospective cases enabled us to separate correctly, hyperparathyroid patients from non‐parathyroid hypercalcaemic patients.