Patients with elevated calcium concentrations | Patients with normal calcium concentrations | Comparison between the groups | |||||
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Variables | Number | Mean | Median | Number | Mean | Median | p-value |
Data from register | |||||||
Number | 127 | 254 | |||||
Sick leave | |||||||
Individuals with certificates | 12 | 25 | 0.90 | ||||
Certificates/individual (n) | 7.5 | 6.5 | 5.2 | 2.0 | 0.02 | ||
Days/individual | 258 | 144 | 120 | 22 | 0.007 | ||
Days/certificate | 34 | 28 | 23 | 17 | < 0.001 | ||
Days/sick leave episode | 87 | 47 | 54 | 15 | 0.001 | ||
Data from clinical investigation | |||||||
Medication | |||||||
All | 63 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 132 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 0.002 |