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

Table 5

Bivariate analysis to examine the association between Graves’ ophthalmopathy and trace elements levels.

	Unadjusted OR (95% CI)	value	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	value
Se	1.058 (0.921–1.214)	0.426	1.117 (0.940–1.328)	0.210
V	1.000 (0.992–1.008)	0.463	1.008 (0.997–1.019)	0.152
Fe	0.996 (0.990–1.001)	0.110	0.992 (0.985–1.000)	0.051
Co	0.963 (0.940–0.987)	0.003	0.963 (0.938–0.988)	0.004
Cu	0.977 (0.961–0.993)	0.004	0.976 (0.958–0.995)	0.011
Zn	0.993 (0.983–1.003)	0.186	1.000 (0.988–1.012)	0.956
Rb	0.996 (0.947–1.047)	0.874	1.004 (0.941–1.070)	0.910
Sr	1.061 (0.831–1.355)	0.633	1.167 (0.876–1.553)	0.291
Cs	0.991 (0.979–1.003)	0.147	0.994 (0.978–1.010)	0.450

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.