Table 2.
Thyroid parameters prior to and after administration of 50 mcg T3
| Time after 50 mcg T3 (hours) | T3 ng/dL | FT3 pg/mL | TSH mIU/L | T4 mcg/dL | FT4 ng/dL | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| -0.50 | 120 | 25 | 3.12 | 0.52 | 1.58 | 0.89 | 6.5 | 1.7 | 0.99 | 0.14 |
| -0.25 | 118 | 24 | 3.04 | 0.48 | 1.42 | 0.77 | 8.1 | 1.7 | 1.00 | 0.13 |
| 0.00 | 114 | 26 | 3.08 | 0.48 | 1.34 | 0.76 | 7.6 | 1.7 | 0.97 | 0.14 |
| 0.25 | 119 | 28 | 3.13 | 0.48 | 1.30 | 0.71 | 7.5 | 1.9 | 0.98 | 0.15 |
| 0.50 | 152 | 62 | 3.85 | 0.97 | 1.26 | 0.65 | 7.7 | 1.9 | 0.99 | 0.14 |
| 0.75 | 195 | 73 | 5.15 | 1.35 | 1.19 | 0.60 | 8.0 | 2.3 | 0.99 | 0.14 |
| 1.00 | 241 | 78 | 6.50 | 1.90 | 1.15 | 0.57 | 8.3 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 0.15 |
| 1.50 | 299 | 87 | 8.14 | 2.16 | 1.07 | 0.53 | 7.7 | 2.0 | 0.99 | 0.14 |
| 2.00 | 334 | 79 | 8.98 | 1.64 | 1.02 | 0.49 | 7.6 | 1.7 | 0.99 | 0.15 |
| 2.50 | 346 | 77 | 9.17 | 1.63 | 0.99 | 0.48 | 7.3 | 1.8 | 0.97 | 0.15 |
| 3.00 | 330 | 74 | 9.02 | 1.77 | 0.94 | 0.43 | 7.2 | 1.7 | 0.97 | 0.15 |
| 3.50 | 324 | 84 | 8.62 | 1.81 | 0.86 | 0.45 | 7.1 | 2.2 | 0.97 | 0.15 |
| 4.00 | 305 | 81 | 8.22 | 1.74 | 0.82 | 0.40 | 7.5 | 2.1 | 0.98 | 0.16 |
| 5.00 | 263 | 62 | 7.00 | 1.45 | 0.67 | 0.37 | 7.5 | 2.3 | 0.96 | 0.16 |
| 6.00 | 227 | 47 | 6.21 | 1.17 | 0.58 | 0.35 | 8.0 | 2.1 | 0.93 | 0.12 |
| 8.00 | 196 | 40 | 5.20 | 0.83 | 0.52 | 0.31 | 7.7 | 1.9 | 0.94 | 0.12 |
| 12.00 | 157 | 32 | 4.34 | 0.59 | 0.49 | 0.32 | 7.2 | 1.9 | 0.90 | 0.12 |
| 24.00 | 141 | 29 | 3.65 | 0.32 | 0.52 | 0.34 | 6.8 | 1.9 | 0.92 | 0.13 |
| 48.00 | 120 | 18 | 3.03 | 0.30 | 0.90 | 0.84 | 7.3 | 1.4 | 0.87 | 0.11 |
| 72.00 | 114 | 14 | 2.95 | 0.44 | 1.19 | 0.96 | 7.4 | 1.3 | 0.89 | 0.10 |
| 96.00 | 113 | 21 | 3.07 | 0.50 | 1.31 | 0.76 | 7.2 | 1.2 | 0.89 | 0.10 |