Se and Rb in erythrocyte of 78 cases with different thyroid hormone status have been measured by PIXE and INAA. According to status of thyroid hormones T3
T4
TSH
FT3 and FT4 radioimmunoassayed
all patients were divided into four groups
i.e. hyperthyroid
normal
critical(one of thyroid hormones was abnormal) and hypothyroid.A comparison between four groups was performed and the correlations between different parameters (elements and thyroid hormones) were analyzed by oneway-anova and correlation using SPSS/PC statistical package respectively.The results show that the contents of Se between four groups are not significantly different (P< 0.05)
the content of Zn for hypothyroid group is significantly higher than these for hyperthyroid and critical groups
the content of Zn for normal is between that for hypothyroid and the other two groups. For hyperthyroid group
there are significant correlations between elements measured and between thyroid hormones (except TSH)
but not between elements and thyroid hormones. However for hypothyroid group
relatively strong correlations have been found between elements and thyroid hormones