Table 1

Clinical and laboratory data in subject groups

Parameter
CTL
HYPER
HYPO
ANOVA

N
30
46
23

Gender (M/F)
10/20
13/33
5/18
ns
Age (years)
41.7 ± 2.0
34.9 ± 1.6*
39.4 ± 2.5
0.029
BMI (kg/m2)
22.0 ± 0.4
21.2 ± 0.4†††
24.2 ± 0.61*
0.0003
Glucose (mmol/L)
4.88 ± 0.11
5.47 ± 0.07***
5.08 ± 0.12
<0.0001
Insulin (pmol/L)
34.0 ± 5.5
60.8 ± 4.9***
33.8 ± 2.8††
<0.0001
HOMA-IR
1.10 ± 0.20
1.86 ± 0.16**
1.02 ± 0.11††
0.0004
FT4 (pmol/L)
17.4 ± 0.4
64.5 ± 8.4***
9.1 ± 0.6*†††
<0.0001
FT3 (pmol/L)
5.7 ± 0.1
13.3 ± 1.2***
3.2 ± 0.2**†††
<0.0001
TSH (mU/L)
2.1 ± 0.1
0.03 ± 0.02***
69.5 ± 21.1**†††
<0.0001

Results are expressed as average ± SEM for the groups indicated as control (CTL), hyperthyroid (HYPER) and hypothyroid (HYPO) where N = number of subjects per group. Significance was calculated by ANOVA with Bonferroni post-hoc test. Differences vs. control (CTL) group are indicated as *P < 0.05,**P < 0.01,***P < 0.001; and differences for hyperthyroid vs. hypothyroid as p < 0.05, ††p < 0.01, †††p < 0.001, ns = not significant.

Yu et al. Nutrition & Metabolism 2006 3:13   doi:10.1186/1743-7075-3-13