Research Article
Serum Antithyroglobulin Antibody Levels Are Associated with Diabetic Retinopathy among Euthyroid Type 2 Diabetes Patients: A Hospital-Based, Retrospective Study
Table 2
Thyroid indicators corresponding to different severities of DR.
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TSH: thyroid-stimulating hormone; FT4: free thyroxine; FT3: free triiodothyronine; pTPOAb: positive thyroid peroxidase antibody; pTgAb: positive thyroglobulin antibody; DR: diabetic retinopathy; NPDR: nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy; PDR: proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Data are expressed as or number and proportion. The superscript a indicates that the value in the corresponding group is significantly higher than the non-DR group (). The superscript b indicates that the variation of the thyroid indicator shows a significantly upward trend. |