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Table 4 Descriptive statistics for the levels of MMP-9/TIMP-1 and MMP-2/TIMP-2 ratio at three time points, i.e. before radioiodine treatment (RIT), visit 1 (V1), seven days post RIT, visit 2 (V2), and two-three months post RIT, visit 3 (V3), p-value for the Friedman ANNOVA test, Group 2, n=20

From: In contrast to matrix metalloproteinases, serum adiponectin concentrations increase after radioiodine treatment of thyrotoxicosis

 

Visit

Mean

Med

Min

Max

SD

SEM

p-value

MMP-9/TIMP-1 [ng/ml/ng/ml]

V1

4.58

3.14

1.90

14.71

3.36

0.77

0.22

V2

3.53

2.95

0.90

8.95

2.18

0.51

V3

3.62

3.81

1.06

6.2

1.49

0.37

MMP-2/TIMP-2 [ng/ml/ng/ml]

V1

2.88

2.85

1.59

3.73

0.54

0.13

0.03

V2

2.57

2.56

1.80

3.20

0.39

0.09

 

V3

2.52

2.45

1.91

3.6

0.53

0.13

 
  1. p-value for the Friedman ANOVA test, Group 2, n=20.