Table 3.

Comparison of baseline Tg1, simultaneous TSH values, and TgVp in patients with and without recurrent disease^a

Characteristic	Recurrent disease	No recurrence	p valueb
Tg1	7.25 (0.3 to 4800.0)	1.25 (0.3 to 117.0)	<0.005
Simultaneous TSH
With Tg1	0.03 (0.03 to 3.70)	0.06 (0.03 to 5.00)	0.064
With Tg2	0.03 (0.03 to 4.00)	0.03 (0.03 to 3.50)	0.810
With Tg3	0.03 (0.03 to 2.00)	0.03 (0.03 to 4.00)	0.283
TgVp	16.03 (−29.20 to 5383.75)	−0.67 (−27.31 to 6.80)	<0.005
Total no. of patients	29	58

^aData are presented as median (range)

^bMann–Whitney U test