The study population consisted of 111 men with prior oil injections, where the severity of the disease was assessed by stratifying the men according to the degree of calcium imbalance: Men with normocalcemia, or men with manifest hypercalcemia (ionized calcium > 1.32 mmol/L and/or albumin corrected calcium > 2.51 mmol/L) (Table 1). Here, ALB is linked to Hypercalcemia.