Table 2:

Thyroid hormones levels in Sulfur mustard Exposed and control groups

Study Groups		N	Mean	SD	Median	P-value1	P-value2
T3 ng/ml	Unexposed	127	.80	.25	.82
	Exposed Non Hospitalized	202	.88	.27	.84	0.018
	Exposed Hospitalized	169	.87	.24	.86	0.058	0.924
	Exposed	371	.88	.26	.85	0.005
T4 micg/dl	Unexposed	127	8.24	1.78	8.10
	Exposed Non Hospitalized	202	8.02	1.45	8.10	0.395
	Exposed Hospitalized	169	7.88	1.43	8.00	0.109	0.665
	Exposed	371	7.95	1.44	8.00	0.068
TSH mIU/L	Unexposed	127	1.47	2.19	1.01
	Exposed Non Hospitalized	202	1.61	2.66	1.10	0.809
	Exposed Hospitalized	169	1.18	.90	.91	0.460	0.110
	Exposed	371	1.41	2.06	1.02	0.805
T3uptake %	Unexposed	127	28.50	2.27	29.00
	Exposed Non Hospitalized	202	28.93	2.28	29.00	0.217
	Exposed Hospitalized	169	28.74	2.26	29.00	0.632	0.712
	Exposed	371	28.84	2.27	29.00	0.140
Tg ng/ml	Unexposed	121	17.66	41.49	9.40
	Exposed Non Hospitalized	200	56.07	140.22	11.55	0.004
	Exposed Hospitalized	166	31.95	82.22	10.50	0.484	0.071
	Exposed	366	45.13	117.98	11.00	0.012
anti Tg IU/ml	Unexposed	93	81.64	291.88	21.99
	Exposed Non Hospitalized	134	62.98	141.93	25.32	0.742
	Exposed Hospitalized	98	43.80	91.95	22.05	0.346	0.722
	Exposed	232	54.88	123.44	24.48	0.001
anti TPO IU/ml	Unexposed	94	36.56	108.20	7.72
	Exposed Non Hospitalized	132	29.22	82.34	6.79	0.815
	Exposed Hospitalized	99	26.16	77.39	7.35	0.697	0.964
	Exposed	231	27.91	80.10	7.20	0.246
Free T4 Index	Unexposed	127	235.07	53.71	231.40
	Exposed Non Hospitalized	202	231.34	43.46	230.00	0.763
	Exposed Hospitalized	169	226.56	45.66	226.20	0.273	0.593
	Exposed	371	229.16	44.48	229.50	0.222
Free T3 Index	Unexposed	127	22.90	7.52	22.80
	Exposed Non Hospitalized	202	25.60	8.44	24.38	0.007
	Exposed Hospitalized	169	25.07	7.22	24.32	0.048	0.791
	Exposed	371	25.36	7.90	24.32	0.002

P-value¹: Comparison with Control (ANOVA and t-test) //

P-value²: Comparison between hospitalize and non-hospitalized (ANOVA Tukey Post hoc) //

TSH= thyroid stimulating hormone; Tg=Thyroglobulin; TPO= Thyroid peroxidase