Research Article
Gender-Specific Differences on the Association of Hypertension with Subclinical Thyroid Dysfunction
Table 1
Participant characteristics based on different genders.
| | Total | Male | Female | T value |
| Case number | 13380 | 8237 | 5143 | | Age (years) | 48.63 ± 10.69 | 48.55 ± 10.37 | 48.76 ± 11.18 | −1.12 | BMI (kg/m2) | 25.53 ± 3.45 | 26.27 ± 3.21 | 24.33 ± 3.47 | 32.99 | TSH (μlU/mL) | 2.40 ± 2.09 | 2.12 ± 2.01 | 2.84 ± 2.15 | −19.50 | FT3 (pmol/L) | 5.20 ± 0.52 | 5.39 ± 0.46 | 4.90 ± 0.45 | 59.68 | FT4 (pmol/L) | 16.22 ± 2.08 | 16.69 ± 2.06 | 15.47 ± 1.89 | 34.32 | TC (mmol/L) | 5.15 ± 0.99 | 5.13 ± 0.96 | 5.18 ± 1.03 | −2.84 | TG (mmol/L) | 1.74 ± 1.34 | 1.98 ± 1.47 | 1.35 ± 0.99 | 26.89 | ALT (U/L) | 22.65 ± 14.01 | 26.05 ± 14.76 | 17.20 ± 10.67 | 37.36 | AST (U/L) | 19.69 ± 7.48 | 20.62 ± 7.72 | 18.19 ± 6.80 | 18.56 | TBIL (μmol/L) | 11.89 ± 5.11 | 13.02 ± 5.32 | 10.09 ± 4.19 | 33.62 | BUN (mmol/L) | 4.71 ± 1.33 | 4.94 ± 1.30 | 4.34 ± 1.29 | 26.06 | Cr (μmol/L) | 73.46 ± 14.71 | 81.07 ± 11.71 | 61.27 ± 10.10 | 100.21 | FG (mmol/L) | 5.42 ± 1.20 | 5.56 ± 1.29 | 5.20 ± 1.00 | 17.08 |
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BMI = body mass index; TSH = thyroid stimulation hormone; FT3 = free tri-iodothyronine; FT4 = free thyroxine; TC = total cholesterol; TG = triglycerides; ALT = alanine aminotransferase; AST = aspartate transaminase; TBIL = total bilirubin; BUN = blood urea nitrogen; Cr = creatinine; FG = fasting glucose. (analyzed by independent sample’s t-test). |