The Effect of Inflammation on the Formation of Thyroid Nodules

Table 2

Clinical characteristics of subjects with high and low lymphocyte.

Variables	High-LY (n = 1034)	Low-LY (n = 1034)		SMD
Age (years)	42.12 (13.96)	41.56 (13.36)	0.353	0.041
Gender (female, n)	331 (32.0)	390 (37.7)	0.007	0.120
Creatinine (mmol/L)	78.05 (17.66)	74.23 (22.03)	<0.001	0.191
Body mass index (kg/m^2)	24.00 (2.93)	23.53 (6.38)	0.033	0.094
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	122.22 (13.67)	118.99 (12.45)	<0.001	0.247
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	79.73 (9.89)	77.39 (9.58)	<0.001	0.241
Fasting blood sugar (mmol/L)	5.45 (1.14)	5.35 (0.97)	0.032	0.095
Uric acid (mmol/L)	415.02 (95.07)	379.20 (97.76)	<0.001	0.371
Triglyceride (mmol/L)	1.53 (1.10)	1.19 (0.75)	<0.001	0.356
Cholesterol (mmol/L)	5.05 (0.89)	4.75 (0.87)	<0.001	0.337
High-density lipoprotein (mmol/L)	1.37 (0.31)	1.44 (0.35)	<0.001	0.224
Low-density lipoprotein (mmol/L)	3.00 (0.74)	2.78 (0.76)	<0.001	0.289
Thyroid stimulating hormone (mIU/L)	1.91 (0.96)	1.79 (0.90)	0.006	0.120
Free triiodothyronine (nmol/L)	5.24 (0.53)	5.12 (0.57)	<0.001	0.213
Free thyroxine (nmol/L)	16.10 (2.19)	15.91 (2.22)	0.057	0.084
White blood cell (10^9 cells/L)	7.25 (1.60)	5.64 (1.24)	<0.001	1.127
Neutrophil (10^9 cells/L)	3.85 (1.28)	3.33 (1.10)	<0.001	0.434
Lymphocyte (10^9 cells/L)	2.75 (0.50)	1.79 (0.28)	<0.001	2.374
Monocyte (10^9 cells/L)	0.43 (0.13)	0.35 (0.11)	<0.001	0.667
Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio	1.42 (0.47)	1.91 (0.77)	<0.001	0.762
Lymphocyte/monocyte ratio	6.76 (1.97)	5.55 (2.04)	<0.001	0.601
Monocyte/high-density lipoprotein ratio	0.34 (0.14)	0.26 (0.12)	<0.001	0.576
Thyroid nodules (n)	535 (51.7)	451 (43.6)	<0.001	0.163

Data were presented as mean (SD) or number (%). LY: lymphocyte; SMD: standardized mean difference. ; .