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Table 9 Differences in endocrine indices among the BD, atypical BD and simple anxiety groups

From: Do some anxiety disorders belong to the prodrome of bipolar disorder? A clinical study combining retrospective and prospective methods to analyse the relationship between anxiety disorder and bipolar disorder from the perspective of biorhythms

Variables

BD (n = 48)

Mean ± SD

Atypical (n = 63)

Mean ± SD

Anxiety (n = 111)

Mean ± SD

F

HPT

TSH

2.80 ± 1.62

4.44 ± 2.87a

2.14 ± 0.73b

11.321***

T3

2.24 ± 0.42c

2.36 ± 0.36

1.98 ± 0.36d

7.638**

FT3

4.45 ± 0.51

4.98 ± 0.69e

4.94 ± 0.49 f

4.995**

T4

91.22 ± 19.59

92.92 ± 18.43g

79.25 ± 10.12h

6.820**

FT4

17.26 ± 3.30

17.07 ± 2.89i

15.32 ± 1.82 j

4.937*

HPA

ACTH

21.96 ± 11.06

37.06 ± 27.58k

41.80 ± 16.64l

5.808**

PTC

341.68 ± 151.71

544.82 ± 152.71m

540.25 ± 121.16n

13.325***

  1. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001
  2. aThe atypical group was significantly higher than the BD group (P = 0.002). bThe atypical group was significantly higher than the anxiety group (P = 0.000)
  3. cThe BD group was significantly higher than the anxiety group (P = 0.026). dThe atypical group was significantly higher than the anxiety group (P = 0.000)
  4. eThe atypical group was significantly higher than the BD group (P = 0.004). fThe anxiety group was significantly higher than the BD group (P = 0.004)
  5. gThe atypical group was significantly higher than the anxiety group (P = 0.000). hThe BD group was significantly higher than the anxiety group (P = 0.003)
  6. iThe atypical group was significantly higher than the anxiety group (P = 0.000). jThe BD group was significantly higher than the anxiety group (P = 0.005)
  7. kThe atypical group was significantly higher than the BD group (P = 0.026). lThe anxiety group was significantly higher than the BD group (P = 0.001)
  8. mThe atypical group was significantly higher than the BD group (P = 0.000). nThe anxiety group was significantly higher than the BD group (P = 0.000)