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Comparison between serum T3, T4, TSH, IL-6 and IL-10 levels in the 60 non-thyroidal illness patients and their 20 control subjects. |
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| Tested Parameters |
Non-thyroidal Illness (n = 60) |
Healthy Controls (n = 20) |
Significance Level (p Value) |
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| T3 (n mol/L) |
0.936 ± 0.47 |
1.343 ± 0.45 |
0.001 |
| T4 (n mol/L) |
74.90 ± 28.41 |
108.30 ± 14.50 |
<0.0001 |
| TSH (μIU/L) |
1.078 ± 0.52 |
1.921 ± 0.93 |
<0.001 |
| IL-6 (ng/L) |
105.18 ± 72.01 |
3.34 ± 1018 |
<0.0001 |
| IL-10 (ng/L) |
74.33 ± 52.99 |
2.64 ± 0.92 |
<0.00001 |
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Out of the investigated 60 patients, four showed a TSH serum level that was below the sensitivity of the used assay (0.06 μIU/L). These patients were assumed to have a TSH concentration of (0.06 μIU/L) in order to calculate the mean TSH value. | |||
Abo-Zenah et al. BMC Endocrine Disorders 2008 8:1 doi:10.1186/1472-6823-8-1 |
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