Procoagulant and Anticoagulant Factors in Childhood Hypothyroidism
Table 1
Characteristics of the patients and controls.
Characteristics
Patients ()
Controls ()
Age (month)
78.5 (0.4–186.5)
80.5 (0.4–182.0)
0.709†
Sex
0.776‡
Female (, %)
27 (50.0)
26 (47.3)
Male (, %)
27 (50.0)
29 (52.7)
Height (cm)
107.6 ± 42.8
111.1 ± 42.8
0.667*
Height SDS
−0.34 ± 1.32
−0.20 ± 1.17
0.575*
Weight (kg)
25.8 ± 20.5
25.5 ± 18.6
0.944*
Weight SDS
−0.02 ± 1.40
−0.22 ± 1.13
0.426*
BMI
17.6 ± 3.9
17.1 ± 3.0
0.507*
BMI SDS
0.04 ± 1.41
−0.14 ± 1.34
0.493*
TSH (mIU/L)
8.6 (1.81)
2.4 (1.89)
<0.001
TT4 (μg/dL)
6.1 (3.04)
8.8 (2.80)
<0.001
fT4 (ng/dL)
0.6 (0.20)
1.1 (0.23)
<0.001
BMI: body mass index; fT4: free thyroxine; SDS: standard deviation score; TSH: thyroid-stimulating hormone; TT4: total thyroxinee. *Student’s t-test, †Mann Whitney U, ‡Pearson’s chi-square test.
