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Table 3 Laboratory parameters pre- and post-MWA

From: Pilot study of ultrasound-guided microwave ablation for inactivating excess remnant thyroid after surgery in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer

 

pre-MWA

0.5 months post-MWA

1 months post-MWA

P value1

Pvalue2

Patients

23

8

10

  

TSH(mU/L)

4.85

(1.98,13.85)

30.65

(8.94,80.01)

13.76

(2.50,41.74)

0.012

0.114

TT3(ng/mL)

1.05 ± 0.22

0.90 ± 0.29

1.03 ± 0.32

0.171

0.658

TT4(ug/dL)

9.33

(5.92, 59.30)

5.57

(3.24,13.89)

9.15

(5.59,51.07)

0.779

0.208

FT3(pmol/L)

4.81 ± 0.96

4.01 ± 1.20

4.74 ± 1.62

0.032

0.807

FT4(pmol/L)

14.67 ± 4.18

10.02 ± 4.67

12.73 ± 4.82

0.025

0.554

Tg(ng/mL)

8.10

(4.57,15.80)

6.61

(3.45,16.23)

17.00

(5.41,22.54)

0.345

0.500

PTH(pg/L)

45.22 ± 18.04

59.48 ± 28.52

47.43 ± 15.45

0.523

0.329

  1. Pvalues of 1 and 2 represent pre-MWA vs. 0.5 months post-MWA and pre-MWA vs. 1 month post-MWA, respectively