Table 4.
Comparison of thyroid hormone and thyroid antibodies levels between different sexes in GD.
| Range of reference value |
Female N = 158 |
Male N = 46 | P a | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FT3 | 2.8~7.11 pmol/L | 33.01 (22.14,43.07) | 26.84 (20.38,35.80) | 0.030 b |
| FT4 | 12.1~22 nmol/L | 84.82 (54.54,100.00) | 69.64 (49.40,98.94) | 0.055 |
| TSH | 0.2 5 uIU/ml | 0.005 (0.005,0.006) | 0.005 (0.005,0.006) | 0.604 |
| TRAb | <1.75 IU/L | 19.82 (10.10,35.30) | 15.65 (5.80,34.69) | 0.249 |
| TPOAb | ≤ 34 IU/ml | 167.90 (37.63,343.00) | 130.60 (56.03,326.95) | 0.907 |
| TGAb | 0~115 IU/L | 347.90 (27.03,843.80) | 281.90 (51.65,677.75) | 0.501 |
a
Wilcoxon rank sum test was used.
Data were presented as Median (IQR).
b
Statistically significant results (P < 0.05) are in bold.