Table 2.

Average levels of thyroid hormones and thyroid auto antibodies in cases and controls.

Thyroid hormone	Case (n = 48)	Control (n = 50)	P value
Anti TPO	2.27 ± 2.94	6.07 ± 9.02	P = 0.007
Anti TG	8.14 ± 8.13	8.75 ± 1.2	NS
TSH	2.03 ± 1.7	2.17 ± 1.44	NS
T3	152.5 ± 48.93	175.36 ± 58.07	P = 0.038
FT4I	2.04 ± 0.57	2.15 ± 0.48	NS
T3RU	23.38 ± 1.98	22.87 ± 2.71	NS
TOTAL T4	8.72 ± 2.2	9.39 ± 1.71	NS
FREE T4	1.28 ± 2.11	1 ± 1.3	NS

NS: not significant (P value > 0.05).