Table 3.
Qualitative comparison between schizophrenia and HC groups outside of upper or lower limit of the normal range in the gender subgroups.
| Abnormal value (n%) | χ2 value | p | OR | 95% CI for OR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schizophrenics (n = 486) |
Healthy controls (n = 154) |
Lower | Upper | ||||
| TSH | 45(9.3%) | 3(1.9%) | 9.011 | 0.003 | 5.128 | 1.572 | 16.67 |
| Male | 19(6.5%) | 3(3.2%) | 1.409 | 0.235 | 2.075 | 0.604 | 7.246 |
| Female | 26(13.4%) | 0(0%) | / | 0.001 a | / | / | / |
| TT3 | 95(19.5%) | 7(4.5%) | 19.645 | <0.001 | 5.102 | 2.315 | 11.24 |
| Male | 44(15.1%) | 6(6.5%) | 4.635 | 0.031 | 2.551 | 1.059 | 6.250 |
| Female | 51(26.3%) | 1(1.6%) | 17.369 | <0.001 | 21.277 | 2.890 | 166.7 |
| FT3 | 6(1.2%) | 6(3.9%) | 3.172 | 0.075 | 0.308 | 0.098 | 0.970 |
| Male | 2(0.7%) | 3(3.2%) | / | 0.093 a | 0.205 | 0.034 | 1.258 |
| Female | 4(2.1%) | 3(4.9%) | 0.550 | 0.458 | 0.407 | 0.089 | 1.873 |
| TT4 | 6(1.2%) | 0(0%) | / | 0.344 a | / | / | / |
| Male | 2(0.7%) | 0(0%) | / | 1.000 a | / | / | / |
| Female | 4(5.1%) | 0(0%) | / | 0.575 | / | / | / |
| FT4 | 74(15.2%) | 13(8.4%) | 4.583 | 0.032 | 1.949 | 1.048 | 3.323 |
| Male | 38(13.0%) | 7(7.5%) | 2.057 | 0.151 | 1.880 | 0.792 | 4.274 |
| Female | 36(18.6%) | 6(9.8%) | 2.565 | 0.109 | 2.088 | 0.835 | 5.236 |
| ACTH | 70(14.4%) | 6(3.9%) | 12.337 | <0.001 | 4.149 | 1.767 | 9.709 |
| Male | 38(13.0%) | 6(6.5%) | 3.001 | 0.083 | 2.151 | 0.887 | 5.319 |
| Female | 32(16.5%) | 0(0%) | / | <0.001 a | / | / | / |
| COR | 236(48.6%) | 6(3.9%) | 99.208 | <0.001 | 23.256 | 10.101 | 52.63 |
| Male | 138(47.3%) | 6(6.5%) | 50.171 | <0.001 | 12.987` | 5.495 | 30.30 |
| Female | 98(50.5%) | 0(0%) | / | <0.001 a | / | / | / |
a
p was calculated by Fisher’s exact test.