Table 3

Cross tabulation for the categorized results according to free thyroid hormones and the TSH criteria. The figures in the table correspond to the percentage of cases from the total that fall within a specific category

Thyroid Hormones

b TSH

low

normal

elevated

TSH Innsbruck

< 0.3

n

8

71

19

% total

0,31

2,76

0,74

0.3 – 3.5

n

257

2056

39

% total

10

80

1,52

> 3.5

n

19

100

1

% total

0,74

3,89

0,04

TSH Zöphel

< 0.3

n

8

71

19

% total

0,31

2,76

0,74

0.3 – 3.35

n

253

2039

38

% total

9,84

79,34

1,48

> 3.35

n

23

117

2

% total

0,89

4,55

0,08

TSHBaloch

< 0.3

n

8

71

19

% total

0,31

2,76

0,74

0.3 – 2.5

n

231

1888

34

% total

8,99

73,46

1,32

> 2.5

n

45

268

6

% total

1,75

10,43

0,23

s TSH

low

normal

elevated

Groups according to stimulated TSH values

< 2,5

n

7

60

19

% total

0,27

2,33

0,74

< 19,9

n

224

1857

36

% total

8,72

72,26

1,4

>= 20

n

53

310

4

% total

2,06

12,06

0,16

Moncayo et al. BMC Endocrine Disorders 2007 7:5   doi:10.1186/1472-6823-7-5