[Retracted] Free Triiodothyronine Is Independently Associated with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Hospitalized Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients

Table 3

Pearson correlation analysis of parameters associated with FT3.

Variable	No NAFLD ()		NAFLD ()
	Age	-0.148	<0.01	-0.342	<0.01
T2DM duration	-0.062	ns	-0.187	ns
BMI	0.057	ns	0.020	ns
SBP (mmHg)	0.025	ns	-0.560	ns
DBP (mmHg)	0.900	ns	0.690	ns
FINS (pmol/L)	-0.032	ns	-0.014	ns
FCP (nmol/L)	-0.049	ns	0.037	ns
2h-CP (nmol/L)	0.020	ns	0.056	ns
ABG (mmol/L)	-0.165	<0.01	-0.204	<0.01
FBG (mmol/L)	-0.099	<0.05	-0.069	ns
2hBG (mmol/L)	-0.019	ns	-0.083	ns
HbA1c	-0.128	<0.05	-0.173	<0.01
HOMA-IR	-0.026	ns	-0.049	ns
HOMA-β	-0.011	ns	0.036	ns
TSH (mU/L)	-0.139	<0.05	-0.125	<0.05
FT4 (pmol/L)	-0.019	ns	-0.058	ns
ALT (U/L)	0.023	ns	0.174	<0.01
AST (U/L)	-0.050	ns	0.013	ns
GGT (U/L)	-0.056	ns	0.089	ns
UN (mmol/L)	-0.105	<0.05	-0.117	<0.05
CR (μmol/L)	-0.040	ns	-0.158	<0.01
UA (μmol/L)	-0.058	ns	0.012	ns
TG (mmol/L)	-0.084	ns	0.007	ns
TC (mmol/L)	0.009	ns	0.062	ns
HDL-C (mmol/L)	-0.073	ns	-0.124	<0.05
LDL-C (mmol/L)	0.041	ns	0.202	<0.01
GFR (mL min^-1 1.73 m^-2)	-0.400	ns	0.173	<0.01

BMI: body mass index; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; FINS: fasting insulin; FCP: fasting C peptide; ABG: admission blood glucose; FBG: fasting blood glucose; HbA1c: glycated hemoglobin; TSH: thyroid-stimulating hormone; FT3: free triiodothyronine; FT4: free four iodothyronine; ALT: alanine transferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; GGT: glutamyl transpeptidase; UN: urea nitrogen; CR: creatinine; UA: uric acid; TG: triglycerides; TC: total cholesterol; HDL: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; GFR: glomerular filtration rate; CRP: C-reactive protein; 2hBG: 2 h blood glucose; 2hINS: 2 h insulin; 2h-CP, 2 h C peptide; HOMA-IR: homeostasis model assessment-insulin resistance; HOMA-β: homeostasis model assessment-β. was considered statistically significant.