Research Article
Glaucomatous Optic Nerve Changes and Thyroid Dysfunction in an Urban South Korean Population
Table 4
Univariate analysis of thyroid function and IOP in thyroid disease patients without glaucoma.
| Variables | IOP (mmHg) | value |
| TSH (μIU/mL) | | 0.128 | 1st quartile (<1.30) () (32.32%) | 14.79 ± 2.92 | | 2nd quartile (1.30–1.90) () (15.72%) | 14.80 ± 2.80 | | 3rd quartile (1.90–2.75) () (17.75%) | 14.68 ± 2.85 | | 4th quartile (≥2.75) () (34.21%) | 14.87 ± 2.91 | |
| Free T4 (ng/dL) | | 0.762 | 1st quartile (<1.15) () (33.12%) | 14.76 ± 2.89 | | 2nd quartile (1.15–1.26) () (22.76%) | 14.81 ± 2.85 | | 3rd quartile (1.26–1.38) () (18.53%) | 14.81 ± 2.88 | | 4th quartile (≥1.38) () (25.59%) | 14.84 ± 2.92 | |
| T3 (pg/mL) | | <0.001 | 1st quartile (<2.87) () (41.69%) | 14.60 ± 2.92 | | 2nd quartile (2.87–3.12) () (22.91%) | 14.77 ± 2.86 | | 3rd quartile (3.12–3.40) () (18.17%) | 14.95 ± 2.88 | | 4th quartile (≥3.40) () (17.23%) | 14.90 ± 2.91 | |
| Characteristics of disease | (+) | (−) | value |
| Hypothyroidism | 14.65 ± 2.90 | 14.85 ± 2.88 | 0.001 | Hyperthyroidism | 14.87 ± 2.94 | 14.78 ± 2.87 | 0.161 | Nodular cyst | 14.88 ± 2.86 | 14.74 ± 2.91 | 0.016 | Hormone treatment | 14.86 ± 2.95 | 14.78 ± 2.87 | 0.191 |
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Continuous values are presented as mean ± standard deviation (SD). One-way ANOVA, Student’s t-test.
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