Table 2 |
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Serum thyroid hormone and antibody levels |
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| Patients |
Control |
P |
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| Free T3 (pmol/l) |
8.47 ± 0.75 |
4.48 ± 0.75 |
0.48 |
| Free T4 (ng/dl) |
2.64 ± 0.91 |
1.42 ± 0.31 |
0.51 |
| TSH (μIU/ml) |
3.12 ± 1.40 |
1.46 ± 0.82 |
0.27 |
| TPO antibodies (IU/ml) |
105.82 ± 21.46 |
23.08 ± 4.16 |
0.030 |
| Tyroglobulin antibodies (IU/ml) |
140.92 ± 21.52 |
27.75 ± 7.60 |
0.094 |
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T3, triiodothyronine; T4, thyroxine; TPO, thyroid peroxidase; TSH, thyroid-stimulating hormone. |
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Turken et al. Breast Cancer Res 2003 5:R110 doi:10.1186/bcr609 |
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