The Changes in the Endothelial Function and Haemostatic and Inflammatory Parameters in Subclinical and Overt Hyperthyroidism

Table 1

The clinical characteristics of the groups studied.

	Overt hyperthyroidism (𝑛=56); mean ± SD	Subclinical hyperthyroidism (𝑛=61); mean ± SD	Control group (𝑛=39); mean ± SD	𝑃 value
Sex F/M	45/11	53/8	26/13	NS
Age (years)	50.1±12.8	48.6±14.8	47.5±11.8	NS
BMI (kg/m^2)	24.6±3.3	24.9±3.6	25.1±3.1	NS
HR (bpm)	92.0±12.7	84.8±7.6	73±5.0	^∗𝑃<0.05, ^∗∗∗𝑃<0.05
Systolic pressure (mmHg)	142.8±15.3	136.3±14.4	126.2±7.4	^∗𝑃<0.05, ^∗∗𝑃<0.05
Diastolic pressure (mmHg)	82.4±10.3	81.3±8.3	77.8±5.1	NS
TSH (uLU/mL)	0.024±0.028	0.072±0.052	1.161±0.577	^∗𝑃<0.01, ^∗∗𝑃<0.01
FT3 (pg/mL)	6.77±4.5	2.74±0.54	ne	^∗∗∗𝑃<0.01
FT4 (ng/dL)	3.74±4.27	1.40±0.30	ne	^∗∗∗𝑃<0.01

Differences between groups were compared by the Kruskal-Wallis test.
*Differences between OH and control groups, **differences between SH and control groups, ***differences between OH and SH, NS: not significant.
ne: not examined.