The Effect of Inflammation on the Formation of Thyroid Nodules
Table 4
Association between inflammation and thyroid function based on propensity sore matching.
Variables
High-LY (n = 770)
Low-LY (n = 770)
SMD
Age (years)
42.13 (14.21)
41.90 (13.59)
0.746
0.017
Gender (female, n)
261 (33.9)
264 (34.3)
0.914
0.008
Creatinine (mmol/L)
76.07 (17.32)
76.32 (23.22)
0.539
0.012
Body mass index (kg/m2)
23.66 (2.87)
23.62 (2.65)
0.793
0.013
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)
120.64 (12.95)
120.51 (12.07)
0.829
0.011
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)
78.64 (9.45)
78.37 (9.39)
0.574
0.029
Fasting blood sugar (mmol/L)
5.43 (1.23)
5.40 (0.94)
0.450
0.023
Uric acid (mmol/L)
396.74 (83.16)
395.46 (96.51)
0.78
0.014
Triglyceride (mmol/L)
1.33 (0.81)
1.30 (0.82)
0.099
0.042
Cholesterol (mmol/L)
4.89 (0.83)
4.88 (0.87)
0.851
0.010
High-density lipoprotein (mmol/L)
1.41 (0.31)
1.40 (0.33)
0.797
0.013
Low-density lipoprotein (mmol/L)
2.89 (0.70)
2.90 (0.74)
0.74
0.017
Thyroid stimulating hormone (mIU/L)
1.90 (0.97)
1.77 (0.89)
0.007
0.138
Free triiodothyronine (nmol/L)
5.24 (0.53)
5.14 (0.57)
0.001
0.177
Free thyroxine (nmol/L)
16.12 (2.17)
16.00 (2.23)
0.266
0.057
White blood cell (109 cells/L)
7.15 (1.52)
5.67 (1.25)
<0.001
1.067
Neutrophil (109 cells/L)
3.80 (1.25)
3.35 (1.11)
<0.001
0.378
Lymphocyte (109 cells/L)
2.71 (0.45)
1.80 (0.28)
<0.001
2.424
Monocyte (109 cells/L)
0.43 (0.13)
0.36 (0.11)
<0.001
0.625
Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio
1.43 (0.49)
1.92 (0.77)
<0.001
0.754
Lymphocyte/monocyte ratio
6.73 (2.01)
5.48 (2.03)
<0.001
0.615
Monocyte/high-density lipoprotein ratio
0.32 (0.13)
0.27 (0.12)
<0.001
0.421
Thyroid nodules (n)
364 (47.3)
373 (48.4)
0.683
0.023
Matching variables included age, gender, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, fasting blood sugar, uric acid, creatinine, triglyceride, cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein, low-density lipoprotein, and thyroid nodules. Data were presented as mean (SD) or number (%). LY: lymphocyte; SMD: standardized mean difference. ;.
