Significance of Testing Anti-Thyroid Autoantibodies in Patients with Deranged Thyroid Profile

Table 1

Comparison of prevalence (Chi square test) and mean ranks (Mann–Whitney test) for analyzed variables (anti-TPO antibodies, anti-TG antibodies, TSH, and free T4) among males and females.

	Males	Females	value
Anti-TPO antibodies ()
Prevalence% (positive/total)	22 (21/115)	37.8 (76/201)	0.001
Mean rank	137.66	170.43	0.002
Median + IQR	6 + 12	11 + 177
Anti-TG antibodies ()
Prevalence% (positive/total)	11 (3/26)	30 (17/56)	0.065
Mean rank	35.56	44.26	0.124
Median + IQR	25 + 47	39.5 + 185
TSH ()
Prevalence% (positive/total)	34 (39/115)	35.8 (72/201)	0.732
Mean rank	143.89	166.86	0.031
Median + IQR	1.5 + 2.39	2.1 + 3.55
Free T4 ()
Prevalence% (positive/total)	23.4 (11/47)	24.4 (23/94)	0.59
Mean rank	70.94	71.03	0.99
Median + IQR	17.4 + 6.9	17.6 + 6.1