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