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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2017 Jun 16;188:198–204.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2017.05.049

Table IV.

Correlations between 5α-stanols and thyroid hormones 14 weeks off ezetimibe (OFF EZE) and on ezetimibe (ON EZE)

Serum FT3 Serum FT4 Serum FT3/FT4
r value P value r value P value r value P value
OFF EZE
  Plasma cholestanol − 0.92 .001 − 0.51 .20 − 0.74 .04
  RBC cholestanol − 0.62 .06 − 0.08 .86 − 0.75 .03
ON EZE
  Plasma cholestanol − 0.41 .32 0.58 .14 − 0.79 .02
  RBC cholestanol − 0.27 .52 0.52 .19 − 0.64 .09
EZE-induced changes
  Plasma cholestanol − 0.52 .19 − 0.25 .56 − 0.86 .01
  RBC cholestanol − 0.41 .31 − 0.38 .35 − 0.40 .37
OFF EZE
  Plasma sitostanol − 0.65 .08 0.13 .77 − 0.89 .003
  RBC sitostanol 0.04 .94 0.60 .12 − 0.52 .19
ON EZE
  Plasma sitostanol − 0.16 .70 0.78 .02 − 0.69 .06
  RBC sitostanol 0.02 .97 0.60 .11 − 0.59 .13
EZE-induced changes
  Plasma sitostanol 0.09 .84 0.22 .60 − 0.34 .46
  RBC sitostanol 0.16 .70 − 0.30 .94 − 0.39 .45