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. 2015 Jun 19;10(6):e0129773. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129773

Table 1. Demographic and background data of the hyperthyroidism group and healthy control group.

Hyperthyroidism Group (N = 38) Healthy Control Group (N = 40) t or χ2 p
Age (years) 30.47 ± 1.00 30.60 ± 8.73 -0.060 0.953
Gender (F/M) 21/17 21/19 0.060 0.807
Education (years) 10.68 ± 3.21 11.98 ± 3.17 -1.786 0.078
Disease duration (months) 7.58±6.80 - - -
T3 7.55 ± 3.94 1.87 ± 0.47 8.816 <0.001
T4 287.46 ± 89.14 98.87 ± 23.25 12.639 <0.001
TSH 0.01 ± 0.02 2.19 ± 0.73 -18.854 <0.001
MMSE 28.05 ± 1.70 28.13 ± 1.77 -0.184 0.854
SAS 36.76 ± 6.57 32.00 ± 6.09 3.323 0.001
Digit span test (forward) 7.26 ± 0.92 7.35 ± 0.89 -0.423 0.674
Digit span test (backward) 5.05 ± 1.04 5.53 ± 1.15 -1.897 0.062
Stroop color word test (seconds) 13.93 ± 6.68 10.87 ± 3.57 2.502 0.015