Sleep Med Psychophysiol.  1995 Jun;2(1):65-72.

Thyroid Indices in Patients with Panic Attack

• Kim YC

Abstract

The author compared indices of thyroid function in 76 patients with panic attack and 80 control subjects. And SCL-90-R was performed to evaluate the relationship between the psychiatric symptoms and thyroid indices in the patients with panic attack.? The results were as follows: 1) No significant differences in T3, T4 or TSH were found between the two groups. But T3 level was significantly lower in male panic patients than male controls(P<0.005). 2) The T3 level was significantly lower in male panic patients who had higher depression socre than average in SCL-90-R(P<0.025). 3) The TSH level was significantly lower in patients with higher anxiety(p<0.001) and phobia(p<0.05) score and in female panic patients(p<0.001) with higher anxiety and phobia score than average in SCL-90-R. 4) The phobic symptom (p<0.001) was significantly higher and the T3 level(p<0.005) was lower in the male than the female patients with panic attack.

Keyword

Panic attack; Thyroid indices(T3, T4, TSH); SCL-90-R

MeSH Terms

Anxiety
Depression
Female
Humans
Male
Panic Disorder*
Panic*
Phobic Disorders
Thyroid Gland*