Research Article

Effects of Recombinant Human Thyrotropin Administration on 24-Hour Arterial Pressure in Female Undergoing Evaluation for Differentiated Thyroid Cancer

Table 1

Blood pressure parameters of DTC patients undergoing rhTSH stimulation test and basal measurements (the same subjects 1–4 weeks earlier).

rh-TSH Basal
Median (IQR)Median (IQR)

Office SBP day 1 (mmHg)118.0 (17.0)125.0 (16.1)0.033
Office DBP day 1 (mmHg)75.0 (10.1)72.5 (11.2)0.245
Office SBP day 3 (mmHg)112.0 (23.0)
Office DBP day 3 (mmHg)68.5 (11.0)
Office SBP day 5 (mmHg)125.0 (20.2)
Office DBP day 5 (mmHg)77.5 (16.3)
Office HR day 1 (bpm)80.0 (16.1)78.0 (10.0)0.67
Office HR day 3 (bpm)70.0 (16.1)
Office HR day 5 (bpm)74.0 (12.1)
24-hour SBP (mmHg)113.8 (15.6)114.0 (22.5)0.334
24-hour DBP (mmHg)69.9 (8.3)69.7 (11.9)0.968
24-hour HR (bpm)74.5 (9.8)75.2 (9.1)0.260
Day SBP (mmHg)118.4 (16.2)112.4 (21.7)0.171
Day DBP (mmHg)73.9 (12.4)74.6 (10.1)0.601
Day HR (bpm) 79.3 (10.7)80.1 (9.8)0.159
Night SBP (mmHg)107.1 (13.9)102.9 (19.5)0.212
Night DBP (mmHg)62.3 (7.3)60.9 (10.0)0.573
Night HR (bpm)64.6 (11.8)65.0 (6.2)0.398
24-hour PP (mmHg)43.6 (6.8)43.0 (9.9)0.027
Day PP (mmHg)43.6 (5.4)41.0 (8.6)0.02
Night PP (mmHg)44.4 (5.2)42.0 (12.4)0.024
Aortic SBP (mmHg)108.0 (32.0)98.0 (29.0)0.23
Aortic DBP (mmHg)77.0 (21.1)71.0 (18.2)0.28

*Wilcoxon ranks test.