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. 2018 Jul 13;6(7):e159. doi: 10.2196/mhealth.9884

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics.

Characteristics Thyrotoxicosis (n=28) Control (n=10) P value
Age (years), mean (SD) 34.9 (10.9) 34.1 (5.9) .78a
Gender, n (%)



Male 10 (36) 3 (30) .53b

Female 18 (64) 7 (70)
Body mass index (kg/m2), mean (SD) 20.6 (4.7) 20.7 (1.6) .93a
Blood pressure (mmHg), mean (SD)



Systolic blood pressure 130.2 (14.3) 124.6 (11.4) .27a

Diastolic blood pressure 78.1 (10.6) 70.6 (9.6) .06a
On-site resting heart rate (bpmc), mean (SD) 101.6 (14.5) 81.9 (14.8) .001a
Hyperthyroid symptom scale, mean (SD) 12.5 (10.0) 0.5 (2.8) <.001d
Thyroid function test



Free thyroxine (ng/dL), mean (SD) 3.08 (1.09) 1.36 (0.12) <.001a

Thyroid stimulating hormone (mIU/L), median (IQRe) 0.01 (0.00) 1.33 (1.19) <.001d
Thyrotropin-binding inhibitory immunoglobulin (IU/L), median (IQR) 4.2 (10.3)
Glucose (mg/dL), mean (SD) 105.8 (18.6) 96.6 (23.1) .24a
Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dL), mean (SD) 13.0 (2.9) 11.7 (2.4) .20a
Creatinine (mg/dL), mean (SD) 0.50 (0.20) 0.69 (0.19) .01a
Total cholesterol (mg/dL), mean (SD) 141.7 (22.1) 180.2 (22.8) <.001a
Total protein (g/dL), mean (SD) 7.1 (0.5) 7.2 (0.4) .37a
Albumin (g/dL), mean (SD) 4.3 (0.3) 4.4 (0.3) .17a
Total bilirubin (mg/dL), mean (SD) 0.69 (0.30) 0.65 (0.26) .69a
Aspartate aminotransferase (mg/dL), mean (SD) 26.4 (10.4) 18.3 (3.1) .001a
Alanine aminotransferase (mg/dL), mean (SD) 33.1 (22.0) 15.1 (7.9) .02a
White blood count (no/mm3), mean (SD) 5347.3 (1980.1) 5857.0 (1397.6) .46a
Hemoglobin (mg/dL), mean (SD) 14.0 (1.44) 13.6 (1.4) .42a
Platelet (no/mm3), mean (SD) 182,200 (118,600) 276,600 (59,100) .02a

aDerived from Student t test.

bDerived from Fisher exact probability test.

cbpm: beats per minute.

dDerived from Mann Whitney U test.

eIQR: interquartile range.