Long-Term Results after Treatment of Very Low-, Low-, and High-Risk Thyroid Cancers in a Combined Setting of Thyroidectomy and Radio Ablation Therapy in Euthyroidism

Table 3

Clinical symptoms	rhTSH		Hypothyroidism
	Points per symptom	Avrg. points per symptom and patient	Points per symptom	Avrg. points per symptom and patient
Gain in weight	6	0.27	14	0.74
Fatigue/lethargy	9	0.41	33	1.65
Laps of concentration	5	0.23	20	1.00
Disorder of sleep/insomnia	10	0.45	14	0.70
Intolerance to cold	9	0.41	16	0.80
Constipation	5	0.23	15	0.75
Cold skin	1	0.05	10	0.53
Rough skin	5	0.25	17	0.94
Slowed movements	6	0.30	13	0.68
Periorbital edema	2	0.10	13	0.68
Peripheral edema	0	0.00	4	0.22
Avrg. points per symptom, patient, and study arm		2.42		8.45
Mann-Whitney's statistic	113.0
𝑍 statistic	—
2-tailed 𝑃	0.0002 (exact tables used, 27% ties)