Table 1.

Data processing of thyroxine values (T4 as µg/dL).

Parameter	Control Group	Sample Group
Mean ± SD	4.50 ± 0.30	3.32 ± 0.21
Mean ± SE	4.50 ±0.13	3.32 ± 0.09
Median	4.33	3.34
Standard deviation	0.30	0.21
Variance	0.04	0.09
Skewness coefficient	0.81	0.55
Kurtosis coefficient	−1.54	−0.41
Amplitude	0.70	0.52
Minimum value	4.22	3.10
Maximum value	4.92	3.62
Number of replicates (n)	5	5
Confidence level (95%)	0.37	0.26
Confidence interval (95%)	4.12–4.87	3.06–3.58
Kolmogorov–Smirnov Test	p                            0.98              0.63
Student’s t-test	t (t stat)       t (t critic)	p (T ≤ t)       p (F-test)
Control vs. Sample Group	−7.21       1.86	<0.001 *       0.49 4.58·10−5

(*) p < 0.05 significant, p ≤ 0.01 distinctly significant, p ≤ 0.001 very significant.