The End-Diastolic Velocity of Thyroid Arteries Is Strongly Correlated with the Peak Systolic Velocity and Gland Volume in Patients with Autoimmune Thyroiditis

Table 3

Stepwise linear regression analysis results.

Dependent variables	Independent variables	Estimate parameter	Standard error
Thyroid volume (cm^3)	(Constant)		22.63403	0.089	0.100
	Height	31.79383	14.34889	0.032
TVP of all lobes	(Constant)	3.47801	0.63938	0.000	0.200
	Anti-Tg levels		0.00017	0.009
	Free T4		0.50227	0.037
Mean ITA-RI	(Constant)	1.24694	0.25758	<0.001	0.438
	Age	0.00178	0.00082	0.034
	Anti-Tg levels	0.00003	0.00001	0.006
	Height		0.15376	0.006
	Anti-TPO levels		0.00001	0.025