Clinical effect of methimazole combined with selenium in the treatment of toxic diffuse goiter in children

Table 4 Table 4 Comparison of Serum anti-thyroglobulin, anti-thyroid peroxidase antibody, free thyroxine between the two groups before and after treatment (mean ± SD)

Group	Cases	TRAb (μ/mL)		TPOAb (μ/mL)		FT4 (pmol/L)
		Before treatment	After treatment	Before treatment	After treatment	Before treatment	After treatment
Joint group	53	723.62 ± 124.6	312.77 ± 44.73a	429.48 ± 93.89	238.42 ± 83.08a	56.54 ± 5.56	28.39 ± 4.57a
Traditional group	50	722.93 ± 123.2	617.61 ± 104.05a	429.74 ± 93.97	332.78 ± 87.07a	56.38 ± 5.07	24.63 ± 3.96a
t value		0.028	19.51	1.984	5.63	0.152	4.451
P value		0.488	0.000	0.494	0.000	0.879	0.000

^aP < 0.05 vs before treatment.

TRAb: Serum anti-thyroglobulin; TPOAb: Anti-thyroid peroxidase antibody; FT4: Free thyroxine.