The Prevalence of Single and Multiple Thyroid Nodules and Its Association with Metabolic Diseases in Chinese: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 6

Association between metabolic diseases and multiple thyroid nodules in male subjects analyzed by univariable logistic regression (N = 1593).

Factors	β	SE	Walds	value	OR	95% CI
Age
18–40				1.0	1.0 (ref)
41–50	0.23	0.15	2.31	0.13	1.26	0.94–1.69
51–60	0.37	0.16	5.37	0.02	1.44	1.06–1.97
61–70	0.55	0.20	7.18	0.01	1.73	1.16–2.57
>70	0.81	0.39	4.23	0.04	2.25	1.04–.1.59
BMI
18.5∼23.99				1.0	1.0 (ref)
24∼27.9	0.24	0.13	3.53	0.06	1.27	0.99–1.62
≥28	0.44	0.15	8.47	<0.01	1.56	1.16–2.09
Hypertension	0.18	0.12	2.40	0.12	1.20	0.95–1.50

Note: BMI: body mass index.