Low Serum Vitamin D Is Associated with Anti-Thyroid-Globulin Antibody in Female Individuals

Table 1

Clinical characteristics for the participants.

	Ethnicity	Male	Female	P value
Age	Han	45.05 ± 17.47	49.99 ± 14.11	0.000
	Uyghur	48.51 ± 14.58	42.04 ± 11.63	0.000
25(OH)D (ng/mL)	Han	19.86 ± 7.18	19.18 ± 8.88	0.017
	Uyghur	16.04 ± 6.01	11.67 ± 7.28	0.000
TSH (IU/mL)	Han	2.18 (1.51–3.20)	2.76 (1.83–4.16)	0.000
	Uyghur	1.89 (1.33–2.82)	2.32 (1.47–3.97)	0.007
TPOAb (IU/mL)	Han	24.21 (19.75–30.42)	27.54 (22.96–36.97)	0.000
	Uyghur	25 (19.57–33.14)	28.28 (22.15–40.89)	0.000
TgAb (IU/mL)	Han	27.30 (24.50–31.48)	30.24 (26.11–70.58)	0.000
	Uyghur	28.57 (24.48–32.65)	32.48 (27.43–103.4)	0.000

Significantly different from Uyghurs (P ≤ 0.001).
TSH: thyroid-stimulating hormone; 25(OH)D: serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D; TPOAb: anti-thyroid peroxidase antibody; TgAb: anti-thyroid-globulin antibody.