Research Article
The Clinical Values of Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 and Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein-3 Levels in Blood and Thyroid Nodules
Table 1
Correlation analyses of age, BMI, nodule size, and serum and intranodular IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 results.
| | Parameters | Serum IGF-1 (r/p) | Intranodular IGF-1 (r/p) | Serum IGFBP-3 (r/p) | Intranodular IGFBP-3 (r/p) |
| | Age | −0.07/0.955 | 0.01/0.921 | −0.04/0.718 | −0.06/0.614 | | BMI | 0.2/0.868 | −0.01/0.962 | 0.19/0.388 | −0.01/0,928 | | Nodule size | 0.03/0.777 | −0.14/0.225 | 0.23/0.042 | −0.08/0.509 | | Serum IGF-1 | | 0.42/0.000 | −0.11/0.343 | −0.06/0.628 | | Intranodular IGF-1 | | | −0.09/0.417 | −0.09/0.397 | | Serum IGFBP-3 | | | | 0.12/0.283 |
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Pearson correlation analysis. Spearman’s correlation analysis.
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