Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the study population
From: Gender-specific regulation of response to thyroid hormone in aging
Characteristics | male | female |
|---|---|---|
| Â | n = 735 | n = 1721 |
Age - years | Â | Â |
   Mean ± SD | 46.94 ± 16.24 | 44.05 ± 17.0 |
   Range | 15 - 84 | 15 - 82 |
Free T3 - pM | Â | Â |
   Mean ± SD | 5.91 ± 1.7 | 5.36 ± 1.55 |
   Range | 1.38 - 9.97 | 0.84 - 9.85 |
Free T4 - pM | Â | Â |
   Mean ± SD | 16.85 ± 3.81 | 16.3 ± 3.51 |
   Range | 6.96 - 26.9 | 6.83 - 26.9 |
TSH - μIU/ml |  |  |
   Mean ± SD | 2.44 ± 2.14 | 1.99 ± 1.91 |
   Range | 0.04 - 9.99 | 0.04 - 9.95 |
log [TSH] | Â | Â |
   Mean ± SD | 0.464 ± 1.06 | 0.142 ± 1.21 |
   Range | -3.21 - 2.30 | -3.21 - 2.30 |
ResT3 | Â | Â |
   Mean ± SD | 1.22 ± 0.26 | 1.10 ± 0.27 |
   Range | 0.27 - 1.90 | 0.24 - 1.91 |
ResT4 | Â | Â |
   Mean ± SD | 1.16 ± 0.25 | 1.08 ± 0.23 |
   Range | 0.05 - 1.78 | 0.16 - 1.93 |
[FT3]/[FT4] | Â | Â |
   Mean ± SD | 0.37 ± 0.13 | 0.34 ± 0.12 |
   Range | 0.11 - 0.84 | 0.06 - 0.98 |