Table 4.

Correlation between psychological factors and thyroid-related parameters

	Anxiety	Phobia	Obsession	Somatization	Depression	Hysteria	Serum TRAb	Serum FT4
Anxiety	−	0.851*	0.179	0.173	0.165	0.018	0.365*	-0.056
Phobia		−	0.225	0.185	0.363*	0.031	0.415*	-0.076
Obsession			−	0.197	0.153	0.080	0.083	-0.081
Somatization				−	0.145	0.022	0.145	-0.042
Depression					−	0.073	0.191	-0.068
Hysteria						−	0.517*	-0.012
Serum TRAb							−	-0.088
Serum FT4								−

^*Significant at P≤0.05, TRAb denotes thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor antibody, FT4 denotes serum-free thyroxine