Clinical study on the status of transient thyrotoxicosis after surgery for secondary hyperparathyroidism patients with end-stage renal disease and normal thyroid function

Table 3 Patients' characteristics of thyroid function of all patients (n = 24) before and the days from surgery are displayed

Variables	Before surgery	First day after surgery	Third day after surgery	Fifth day after surgery
T3 (0.66–1.61 ng/ml)	0.98 ± 0.23	1.62 ± 0.74**	1.23 ± 0.52^†	1.02 ± 0.42
T4 (5.44–11.85 µg/dl)	6.27 ± 1.71	11.59 ± 3.70**	12.67 ± 3.62^††	9.74 ± 2.61^§§
fT3 (2.14–4.21 pg/ml)	3.00 ± 0.41	10.82 ± 7.22**	7.34 ± 4.63^††	5.10 ± 2.70^§
fT4 (0.59–1.25 ng/dl)	0.68 ± 0.15	1.57 ± 0.78**	1.91 ± 0.97^††	1.39 ± 0.58^§§
sTSH (0.49–4.91 µIU/ml)	2.17 ± 1.09	1.52 ± 0.85*	0.92 ± 1.30^†	1.12 ± 2.47
Tg (0.00–50.03 ng/ml)	9.93 ± 6.55	242.13 ± 154.05**	150.70 ± 132.08^††	58.79 ± 46.30^§§

Mean values and their standard deviation are given
T3 triiodothyronine, T4 thyroxine, fT3 free triiodothyronine, fT4 free thyroxine, sTSH high sensitivity thyrotropin stimulating hormone, Tg thyroglobulin
* Significant statistic difference between before surgery and one day from surgery (P value<0.05)
** Indicates P < 0.001
^†Significant statistic difference between before surgery and 3 days from surgery (P < 0.05)
^††Indicates P < 0.001
^§Statistic difference between before surgery and 5 days from surgery (P < 0.05)
^§§Indicates P < 0.001

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