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The aim of this study was to test the performance of Ca\/P ratio in PHP diagnosis compared with that in healthy subjects and patients with HPT for differential diagnosis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Design<\/jats:title><jats:p>A retrospective, cross-sectional, and observational study was carried out.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Serum Ca, P, creatinine, parathyroid hormone (PTH), and albumin were collected. Ca and P were expressed in mmol\/L. Ca\/P diagnostic performance was evaluated by receiver operating characteristic curve, sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 60 patients with PHP, 60 patients with HPT, and 120 controls were enrolled. The Ca\/P ratio was lower in patients with PHP and HPT than that in controls (p &amp;lt; 0.0001). The cutoff of 1.78 (2.32 if Ca and P measured in mg\/dL) for Ca\/P ratio could identify patients with PHP and HPT among the entire cohort (sensitivity and specificity of 76%). No valid cutoff of Ca\/P was found to distinguish patients with PHP from patients with HPT; in this case, PTH above 53.0 ng\/dL identified patients with PHP (sensitivity and specificity of 100%). The index (Ca\/P \u00d7 PTH) above 116 ng\/L recognized patients with PHP from controls (sensitivity of 84.7% and specificity of 87.4%), whereas (Ca\/P \u00d7 PTH) below 34 ng\/L recognized patients with HPT from controls (sensitivity of 88.9% and specificity of 90.8%).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>The Ca\/P ratio below 1.78 (2.32 CU) is highly accurate to identify patients with PHP and HPT, although it is not reliable to differentiate these two conditions. 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