Serum Trace Elements Profile in Graves’ Disease Patients with or without Orbitopathy in Northeast China

Table 4

Multivariable ordinal logistic regression to explore the association between thyroid-specific antibody grade and trace elements.

	Unadjusted β (95% CI)	Unadjusted OR (95% CI)	value	Adjusted β (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	value
Se	−0.189 (−0.310, −0.069)	0.828 (0.734, 0.933)	0.002	−0.185 (−0.307, −0.063)	0.831 (0.736, 0.939)	0.003
V	−0.001 (−0.008, 0.006)	0.999 (0.992, 1.006)	0.857	0.000 (−0.007, 0.007)	0.999 (0.993, 1.007)	0.978
Fe	0.003 (−0.001, 0.007)	1.003 (0.999, 1.007)	0.146	0.002 (−0.003, 0.006)	1.002 (0.997, 1.006)	0.447
Co	0.001 (−0.006, 0.008)	1.006 (0.994, 1.008)	0.858	0.000 (−0.007, 0.008)	1.003 (0.993, 1.008)	0.928
Cu	0.012 (0.001, 0.023)	1.012 (1.001, 1.023)	0.032	0.016 (0.004, 0.028)	1.016 (1.004, 1.028)	0.007
Zn	0.002 (−0.006, 0.010)	1.002 (0.994, 1.010)	0.589	0.001 (−0.007, 0.009)	1.002 (0.993, 1.009)	0.801
Rb	−0.019 (−0.070, 0.031)	0.981 (0.933, 1.032)	0.453	−0.025 (−0.077, 0.026)	0.975 (0.926, 1.026)	0.331
Sr	−0.054 (−0.262, 0.154)	0.947 (0.769, 1.066)	0.609	−0.062 (−0.278, 0.154)	0.940 (0.757, 1.166)	0.573
Cs	0.000 (−0.010, 0.009)	1.000 (0.991, 1.009)	0.959	0.001 (−0.009, 0.010)	1.001 (0.991, 1.010)	0.910

for age, gender, and BMI; Se, selenium; V, vanadium; Fe, iron; Co, cobalt; Cu, copper; Zn, zinc; Rb, rubidium; Sr, strontium; Cs, cesium; OR: odds ratio; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval.