Table 2.

Fasting lipid profiles in subject groups

Parameter	CTL	HYPER	HYPO	ANOVA
N	30	46	23	<0.0001
TG (mmol/L)	1.14 ± 0.12	0.73 ± 0.06**,†††	1.74 ± 0.09***	<0.0001
TChol (mmol/L)	4.58 ± 0.15	2.72 ± 0.14***,†††	6.16 ± 0.24***	<0.0001
LDL-C (mmol/L)	2.40 ± 0.16	1.41 ± 0.09***,†††	3.66 ± 0.18***	<0.0001
HDL-C (mmol/L)	1.56 ± 0.06	0.99 ± 0.04***	1.74 ± 0.07†††	<0.0001
NEFA (mmol/L)	0.361 ± 0.03	0.617 ± 0.05***	0.425 ± 0.03†††	<0.0001

Results are expressed as average ± SEM for the four groups indicated as control (CTL), hyperthyroid (HYPER) and hypothyroid (HYPO) where TG = plasma triglyceride, TChol = total cholesterol, LDL-C = LDL cholesterol, HDL-C = HDL cholesterol and NEFA = non-esterified fatty acids. Significance was calculated by ANOVA with Bonferroni post-hoc test where differences vs. control (CTL) group are indicated as *P < 0.05,**P < 0.01,***P < 0.001; and differences between hyperthyroid and hypothyroid are indicated as ^†p < 0.05, ^††p < 0.01, ^†††p < 0.001.