Research Article
Pediatric TSH Reference Intervals and Prevalence of High Thyroid Antibodies in the Lebanese Population
Table 3
TSH values according to age and sex in the overall population.
| | TSH | Mean | Median | 2.5th percentile | 25th percentile | 75th percentile | 97.5th percentile |
| Total population | Age (yrs.) | Total | 2.07 | 1.84 | 0.65 | 1.34 | 2.57 | 4.58 | 8–11 | 2.15 | 1.97 | 0.79 | 1.44 | 2.66 | 4.65 | 12–14 | 2.20 | 2.01 | 0.65 | 1.44 | 2.79 | 4.62 | 15–18 | 1.82 | 1.59 | 0.51 | 1.18 | 2.30 | 4.36 |
| Boys | Age (yrs.) | Total | 2.14 | 1.95 | 0.71 | 1.42 | 2.62 | 4.90 | 8–11 | 2.29 | 2.09 | 0.94 | 1.53 | 2.82 | 5.24 | 12–14 | 2.14 | 1.99 | 0.53 | 1.43 | 2.66 | 4.81 | 15–18 | 1.99 | 1.71 | 0.73 | 1.30 | 2.35 | 5.41 |
| Girls | Age (yrs.) | Total | 1.98 | 1.75 | 0.62 | 1.28 | 2.47 | 4.55 | 8–11 | 2.02 | 1.83 | 0.77 | 1.36 | 2.52 | 4.28 | 12–14 | 2.27 | 2.11 | 0.89 | 1.45 | 2.81 | 4.57 | 15–18 | 1.65 | 1.47 | 0.49 | 1.04 | 2.19 | 4.13 |
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