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Table 2 Spearman's rank correlation coefficient between age and various thyroid hormone indices

From: Gender-specific regulation of response to thyroid hormone in aging

vs. Age

male

female

 

n = 735

n = 1721

Free T3

-0.292 (0.001>)**

-0.033 (0.174)

Free T4

-0.170 (0.001>)**

0.014 (0.573)

TSH

-0.042 (0.255)

0.138 (0.001>)**

log[TSH]

0.022(0.548)

0.099 (0.001>)**

ResT3

-0.194 (0.001>)**

0.061 (0.012)*

ResT4

-0.111 (0.003)**

0.106 (0.001>)**

FreeT3/FreeT4

-0.102 (0.006)**

-0.025 (0.298)

  1. Res: resistance index Parentheses show P-values. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01.