Research Article

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

Table 2

Partial correlations of D5-TSH with arterial pressure measurements when various confounding factors were taken into account.

Confounding factors
Age (yrs)BMI (kg/m2)SmokingTotal cholesterol (mg/dL)HDL (mg/dL)

Office D5-SBP (mmHg) = +0.489 = +0.442, = +0.516 = +0.509 = +0.486
= 0.011 = 0.019 = 0.005 = 0.006 = 0.009
Office D5-DBP (mmHg) = +0.397 = +0.163 = +0.238 = +0.243 = +0.216
= 0.045 = 0.204 = 0.110 = 0.107 = 0.135
24-hour SBP (mmHg) = +0.3 = +0.421, = +0.495 = +0.496 = +0.472
= 0.065 = 0.026 = 0.007 = 0.007 = 0.011
24-hour DBP (mmHg) = +0.428 = +0.384 = +0.434, = +0.444 = +0.412
= 0.029 = 0.044 = 0.021 = 0.018 = 0.029
Day SBP (mmHg) = +0.298 = +0.425 = 0.495 = +0.496 = +0.470
= 0.070 = 0.024 = 0.007 = 0.007 = 0.012
Day DBP (mmHg) = +0.404 = +0.388 = +0.423 = +0.436 = +0.405
= 0.041 = 0.041 = 0.025 = 0.020 = 0.032
Night SBP (mmHg) = +0.273 = +0.444 = +0.510 = +0.511 = +0.489
= 0.089 = 0.018 = 0.006 = 0.005 = 0.008
Night DBP (mmHg) = +0.422 = +0.412 = +0.464 = +0.471 = 0.439
= 0.032 = 0.029 = 0.013 = 0.011 = +0.019