Table 4.

Group comparisons (Wilcoxon and t-test) of hormone levels in female borderline patients with and without comorbid PTSD diagnosis

	PTSD	Non-PTSD
Variables	Mean (SD) Median (Range) n	Mean (SD) Median (Range) n	Statistic
TSH	1.4 (0.7) 1.2 (0.5–3.0) n=49	1.3 (0.7) 1.1 (0.4–3.5) n=43	Z=−0.9 (p=0.35)
T3	1.9 (0.3) 1.8 (1.4–2.5) n=43	1.9 (0.4) 1.9 (1.2–2.5) n=40	Z=−0.1 (p=0.96)
T4	104 (20) 105 (65–140) n=45	102 (16) 103 (70–135) n=39	t=0.5 (p=0.64)
FT3	4.7 (0.6) 4.8 (3.5–6) n=49	4.6 (0.8) 4.5 (3.1–7.1) n=43	Z=−1.2 (p=0.23)
FT4	9.4 (1.4) 9 (7–13) n=49	9.7 (1.7) 10 (6–14) n=43	Z=−1.0 (p=0.31)
T3/T4	0.02 (0.003) 0.02 (0.01–0.02) n=42	0.02 (0.003) 0.02 (0.01–0.02) n=39	Z=−0.2 (p=0.84)
FT3/FT4	0.5 (0.1) 0.5 (0.4–0.7) n=49	0.49 (0.1) 0.46 (0.34–0.89) n=43	Z=−1.6 (p=0.12)
Cortisol	458 (224) 429 (140–1,070) n=49	346 (127) 340 (168–600) n=43	Z=−2.4 (p=0.014)

TSH (mE/L), T3 (nmol/L), T3 (pmol/L), T4 (nmol/L), FT3 (pmol/L), FT4 (pmol/L), cortisol (nmol/L).