Correlation Analysis as a Thyroid Gland, Adrenal Glands, and Liver Relationship Tool for Correcting Hypothyroidism with Organic and Inorganic Iodine.

The search for dependencies that exist between a plurality of state parameters of the constituent elements of a biological system is an important task for its diagnosis. An integral indicator of the body's status as a biosystem is the weight, the changes of which often correlate with the processes occurring in this organ. Using the Spearman's rank correlation coefficient in studying the effects of iodine-correction of model iodine deficiency has made it possible to establish that the weight of the adrenal glands and liver of rats is associated with the change in the weight of their thyroid glands. This proves the presence of a functional link between them and indicates the predominant role of the thyroid gland. In this case, the thyroid gland, adrenal glands and liver should be considered as a separate functional module. By this term, we propose denoting a set of several organs that may belong to different physiological systems, but have a mathematically proven functional link. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]