Skip to main content

Table 1 AKUHN non-parametrically derived neonatal reference intervals for thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH)

From: Reference intervals for thyroid stimulating hormone and free thyroxine derived from neonates undergoing routine screening for congenital hypothyroidism at a university teaching hospital in Nairobi, Kenya: a cross sectional study

Age (days)

Number(gender)

Lower Limit (μIU/mL) (90 % confidence limits)

Median

Upper Limit (μIU/mL) (90 % confidence limits)

0 to 14

415 (M)

0.59 (0.42–0.77)

3.31

12.84 (10.62–14.44)

0 to 14

479 (F)

0.56 (0.42–0.69)

2.74

11.00 (9.56–12.33)

15 to 30

359 (M)

0.90 (0.83–0.97-0.94)

2.71

7.46 (7.01–7.83)

386 (F)

  1. Key: M Male, F Female