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. 2016 Jun;16(2):596–602. doi: 10.4314/ahs.v16i2.30

Table 4.

Demographic characteristics, thyroid stimulating hormone thyroid hormones levels in female MDR-TB patients without HIV infection and female MDR-TB patients with HIV infection

MDR-TB
(n = 28)		 MDR-TB/HIV
(n = 11)		 P-value
Age (years) 35.04 ± 12.26 36.27 ± 10.17 0.796
Height(m) 1.62 ± 0.09 1.60 ± 0.13 0.737
Body weight (kg) 42.04 ± 8.88 46.64 ± 10.19 0.171
BMI (kg/m2) 16.12 ± 3.15 18.00 ± 3.28 0.106
TSH (IU/ml) 2.32 (1.10 – 3.53) 1.70 (1.25 – 3.75) 0.955
fT4 92.00 (69.50 – 112.00) 101.00 (63.50 – 115.00) 0.985
fT3 (ng/ml) 1.20 (0.71 – 1.50) 1.10 (0.79 – 1.45) 0.806

BMI= body mass index, TSH=thyroid stimulating hormone, fT4 =free thyroxine, fT3 = free triiodothyronine, values are presented in mean ± standard deviation or median (interquartile range)