Description of serum concentrations of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), thyroxine (total T4 and free T4), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) by sex and occupation in Flix, Catalonia, Spain
| Men | Women | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ever worker | Never worker | Ever worker | Never worker | ||||
| TSH (n=608) (n) | 166 | 83 | 21 | 338 | |||
| Median (range) | 1.2 (0.0–3.5) | 1.5 (0.2–29.3) | 1.5 (0.7;5.3) | 1.4 (0.0–36.9) | |||
| Age (adjusted mean) | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.3 | |||
| % >5 μlU/ml2-150 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 4.5 | 2.1 | |||
| Total T4 (n=192) (n) | 75 | 17 | 11 | 89 | |||
| Median (range) | 6.4 (2.9–9.8) | 7.1 (5.0–10.0) | 5.5 (3.8–7.7) | 7.4 (4.2–11.3) | |||
| Age (adjusted mean) | 6.2 | 7.1 | 6.2 | 7.7 | |||
| % <4.7 μg/dl2-150 | 14.7 | 0 | 27.3 | 1.1 | |||
| Free T4 (n=192): | |||||||
| Median (range) | 1.3 (0.9–1.8) | 1.4 (1.1–2.0) | 1.2 (1.0–1.3) | 1.3 (0.8–1.7) | |||
| Age (adjusted mean) | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.3 | |||
| % <0.8 ng/dl2-150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| AST (n=192): | |||||||
| Median (range) | 21 (9.0–34.0) | 23.0 (14.0–35.0) | 19.0 (15.0,22.0) | 19.0 (11.0–33.0) | |||
| Age (adjusted mean) | 21.2 | 22.4 | 19.0 | 18.9 | |||
| % >38 IU/l2-150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| ALT (n=192): | |||||||
| Median (range) | 13.0 (6.0–49.0) | 11.0 (6.0–50.0) | 10.0 (6.0,16.0) | 10.0 (5.0–38.0) | |||
| Age (adjusted mean) | 10.1 | 11.8 | 9.9 | 10.1 | |||
| % >33 IU/l2-150 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 0 | 1.1 | |||
| GGT (n=192): | |||||||
| Median (range) | 23.0 (9.0–255.0) | 17.0 (11.0–44.0) | 13.0 (9.0–32.0) | 15.0 (8.0–110.0) | |||
| Age (adjusted mean) | 26.2 | 17.5 | 15.0 | 15.2 | |||
| % >50 IU/l (men)2-150 | 17.3 | 0 | — | — | |||
| % >35 IU/l (women)2-150 | — | — | 0 | 3.4 | |||
↵2-150 Reference values: TSH 0.25–5 μIU/ml; Total T4, 4.7–12.4 μg/ml; Free T4, 0.8–2.0 ng/dl; AST, 10–38 UI/l; ALT, 7–33 UI/l; GGT in men, 10–50 UI/l; GGT in women, 5–35 UI/l.