Research Article
The Effect of Inflammation on the Formation of Thyroid Nodules
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of all subjects with and without TNs.
| | Variables | TNs (n = 986) | Non-TNs (n = 1082) | | SMD |
| | Age (years) | 47.23 (13.99) | 36.93 (11.32) | <0.001 | 0.809 | | Gender (female, n) | 467 (47.4) | 254 (23.5) | <0.001 | 0.516 | | Creatinine (mmol/L) | 75.10 (22.58) | 77.08 (17.38) | <0.001 | 0.098 | | Body mass index (kg/m2) | 24.04 (6.55) | 23.52 (2.84) | 0.002 | 0.104 | | Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 122.87 (13.86) | 118.53 (12.16) | <0.001 | 0.333 | | Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 79.45 (9.57) | 77.75 (9.94) | <0.001 | 0.174 | | Fasting blood sugar (mmol/L) | 5.56 (1.09) | 5.26 (1.02) | <0.001 | 0.277 | | Uric acid (mmol/L) | 392.35 (98.97) | 401.44 (97.05) | 0.035 | 0.093 | | Triglyceride (mmol/L) | 1.38 (0.84) | 1.34 (1.05) | <0.001 | 0.036 | | Cholesterol (mmol/L) | 5.03 (0.89) | 4.78 (0.88) | <0.001 | 0.281 | | High-density lipoprotein (mmol/L) | 1.42 (0.33) | 1.39 (0.33) | 0.113 | 0.070 | | Low-density lipoprotein (mmol/L) | 2.99 (0.76) | 2.79 (0.74) | <0.001 | 0.263 | | Thyroid stimulating hormone (mIU/L) | 1.79 (0.96) | 1.90 (0.90) | 0.005 | 0.124 | | Free triiodothyronine (nmol/L) | 5.15 (0.58) | 5.20 (0.53) | 0.031 | 0.095 | | Free thyroxine (nmol/L) | 15.76 (2.18) | 16.23 (2.20) | <0.001 | 0.215 | | White blood cell (109 cells/L) | 6.55 (1.72) | 6.34 (1.56) | 0.003 | 0.131 | | Neutrophil (109 cells/L) | 3.64 (1.25) | 3.54 (1.19) | 0.064 | 0.081 | | Lymphocyte (109 cells/L) | 2.32 (0.67) | 2.23 (0.58) | 0.001 | 0.148 | | Monocyte (109 cells/L) | 0.40 (0.13) | 0.39 (0.12) | 0.041 | 0.090 | | Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio | 1.66 (0.73) | 1.67 (0.64) | 0.767 | 0.005 | | Lymphocyte/monocyte ratio | 6.22 (2.27) | 6.10 (1.92) | 0.514 | 0.057 | | Monocyte/high-density lipoprotein ratio | 0.30 (0.14) | 0.30 (0.13) | 0.516 | 0.029 |
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Data were presented as mean (SD) or number (%). TNs: thyroid nodules; SMD: standardized mean difference. ; . |
