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Table 5 Thyroid hormone and thyroid-stimulating hormone values for the control group and acute myocardial infarction group on days 1 and 3

From: Clinical investigation: thyroid function test abnormalities in cardiac arrest associated with acute coronary syndrome

 

AMI day 1 (n = 31; a)

AMI day 3 (n = 31; b)

Control (n = 40; c)

P

T3 (ng/ml)

1.23 ± 0.25

1.12 ± 0.24*

1.32 ± 0.28

*b versus c

Free T3 (ng/ml)

0.31 ± 0.06†

0.27 ± 0.06‡

0.32 ± 0.06

†a versus b ‡b versus c

T4 (μg/dl)

8.4 ± 1.7

8.3 ± 1.6

8.4 ± 1.8

NS

Free T4 (ng/dl)

1.38 ± 0.2

1.35 ± 0.2

1.28 ± 0.2

NS

TSH (μIU/ml)

1.35 ± 0.9

1.31 ± 0.8

1.2 ± 0.5

NS

  1. *P = 0.002, †P < 0.05, ‡P = 0.003. AMI, acute myocardial infarction; CA, cardiac arrest; NS, not significant; T3, tri-iodothyronine; T4, thyroxine; TSH, thyroid-stimulating hormone.
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