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The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology

Table 5 Comparison between males and females in congenital hypothyroid children (CHC) for DSI and its parameters (I-low, F0-high, MPT, and jitter %)

From: The effect of receiving thyroid hormone replacement on the dysphonia severity index for congenital hypothyroid children

 

CHC

P value

Males

Females

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Lowest intensity (I-low)

41.18

2.35

45.47

2.49

0.019*

Highest frequency (F0-high)

360.23

24.51

357.42

36.67

0.871

MPT

6.23

0.89

6.93

1.57

0.318

Jitter%

0.89

0.15

0.87

0.08

0.749

DSI

3.42

0.78

2.13

0.72

0.023*

  1. *Significant P value < 0.05
  2. This table shows that the DSI and I-low were significantly different between males and females in |CHC however the F0-high and jitter % values were not significantly different
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