[Retracted] Clinical Observation of Levothyroxine Sodium Combined with Selenium in the Treatment of Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Thyroiditis and Hypothyroidism and the Effects on Thyroid Function, Mood, and Inflammatory Factors

Table 1

Comparison of basic information of patients in the two groups.

Information	Control group (n = 69)	Combined group (n = 69)	z/t/χ^2 value	value
Age (years, mean ± SD)	41.56 ± 6.13	42.63 ± 5.32	1.095	0.275
Disease duration (years, mean ± SD)	3.46 ± 1.70	3.52 ± 1.73	0.205	0.838
BMI (kg/m^2, mean ± SD)	24.46 ± 3.15	24.09 ± 3.34	0.669	0.504
Gender (n, %)
Male	21 (30.43)	23 (33.33)	0.134	0.715
Female	48 (69.57)	46 (66.67)
Degree of goiter (n, %)
Mild	17 (24.64)	19 (27.54)	−0.338	0.735
Moderate	38 (55.07)	37 (53.62)
Severe	14 (20.29)	13 (18.84)
Smoking history (n, %)	15 (21.74)	12 (17.39)	0.414	0.520
History of alcoholism (n, %)	20 (28.99)	18 (26.09)	0.145	0.703