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Table 3.

Thyroid hormones and biochemical parameters among the treated groups

Treatments (n = 6/group)	Control	Nanno	Cd	Pb	Nanno + Cd	Nanno + Pb	Sig. P ≤
T3 (ng/ml)	0.91^a ± 0.03	0.91^a ± 0.02	0.41^c ± 0.01	0.46^c ± 0.03	0.71^b ± 0.04	0.74^b ± 0.03	0.0001
T4 (ng/ml)	9.08^b ± 0.3	10.8^a ± 0.45	3.99^d ± 0.14	4.98^d ± 0.3	7.03^c ± 0.37	7.09^c ± 0.34	0.01
Creatinine (mg/dl)	1.63^c ± 0.07	1.32^d ± 0.03	2.33^a ± 0.15	2.07^ab ± 0.21	1.82^bc ± 0.05	1.59^c ± 0.06	0.05
Urea (mg/dl)	21.04^d ± 0.99	17.74^e ± 0.82	49.22^a ± 1.05	44.66^b ± 1.28	32.4^c ± 1.74	29.4^c ± 1.56	0.05
ALT (U/l)	19.15^c ± 0.55	18.28^c ± 0.48	34.48^a ± 0.91	32.78^a ± 0.94	27.08^b ± 0.58	25.13^b ± 0.69	0.0001
AST (U/l)	31.28^c ± 0.34	29.8^c ± 0.5	47.57^a ± 0.99	45.05^a ± 1.29	36.52^b ± 0.98	34.74^b ± 1.22	0.01
Cholesterol (mg/dl)	45.58^c ± 1.27	39.11^c ± 0.96	100.09^a ± 5.95	96.67^a ± 5.46	66.68^b ± 2.79	70.2^b ± 2.76	0.0001
TG (mg/dl)	32.23^c ± 1.24	26.89^c ± 0.48	71.73^a ± 2.94	68.21^a ± 4.48	49.13^b ± 2.34	48.52^b ± 2.2	0.0001
Total protein (g/dl)	6.8^b ± 0.11	7.9^a ± 0.06	4.89^d ± 0.13	4.94^d ± 0.16	6.19^c ± 0.16	6.17^c ± 0.16	0.001
Albumin (g/dl)	4.66^b ± 0.08	5.29^a ± 0.07	2.71^c ± 0.2	2.87^c ± 0.19	4.31^b ± 0.09	4.28^b ± 0.1	0.0001
Globulin (g/dl)	2.14^b ± 0.06	2.6^a ± 0.07	2.18^b ± 0.17	2.07^b ± 0.17	1.88^b ± 0.14	1.89^b ± 0.15	0.01
A/G ratio	2.2^a ± 0.077	2.06^a ± 0.083	1.31^b ± 0.194	1.44^b ± 0.161	2.37^a ± 0.201	2.34^a ± 0.2	0.01

Differences between means within the same row having different superscript letters are statistically significant at P ≤ 0.0001, 0.01, 0.05