Table 8.
Assessments of correlation between levels of TG protein and other biochemical parameters affected by TG protein in wild-type GG and heterozygote GA genotypes of HT patients
| Correlation analysis | TSH wild-type GG |
TPO wild-type GG |
FT4 wild-type GG |
Age wild-type GG |
TSH heterozygote GA |
TPO heterozygote GA |
FT4 heterozygote GA |
Age heterozygote GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of patients | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Spearman r | 0.874 | 0.089 | −0.718 | −0.359 | −0.251 | 0.0369 | −0.695 | 0.217 |
| 95% confidence interval | −0.699–0.337 | −0.516–0.568 | −0.899–0.244 | −0.369–0.680 | ||||
| P-value | 0.007 | 0.840 | 0.0576 | 0.389 | 0.385 | 0.900 | 0.006 | 0.454 |
| P-value summary | ** | * | ** |
Notes:
*
P<0.5–0.01 indicates a tendency towards significance.
**
P<0.05–0.001.
Abbreviations: TSH, thyroid stimulating hormone; FT4, free tetraiodothyronine.