Laboratory tests: level of T3, T4, TSH and antithyroid gland autoantibodies in the Polish population]

In 1986-1990 epidemiologic studies on the thyroid diseases frequency in the polish population were undertaken. During this studies the serum levels of TSH, T4, T3 and autoantibodies were estimated in more than 30 thousand people. TSH was estimated in 30749, T4 in 30928, T3 in 30621 and autoantibodies in 31265 randomly chosen people in 5 districts. We have arbitrarily established the normal range for TSH to be between 0.4-3.8 microIU/ml, for T4 4.4-12.5 micrograms% and for T3 0.9-1.95 ng/ml. The tested group has been divide in 4 subgroup: girls and boys from 1 to 15 years of age the year of the Chernobyl accident, men and women from 15 to 50 years of age at the date of the accident. TSH values in the normal range were found in 85 to 92% of the tested population, depending on the subgroup. T4 vales in the normal range were found in 85 to 92% of the tested groups. T3 vales in the normal range were found in 86 to 93% of the tested groups. The absence of any kind of autoantibodies was established in 89.7% of the tested population. TSH values was above the normal range (above 3.8 microIU/ml) in 3.4% of boys, 4.3% girls, 3.2% men and 3.8% women. TSH vales below the normal range (less the 0.4 microIU/ml) were found in 4.3% boys, 5.0% girls, 10% men and 11.2% women. T4 values above the normal range (higher then 12.5 micrograms%) were found in 12.9% boys, 12.6% girls, 4.6% men and 5.9% women.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)