Research Article
Isolated Vitamin D Deficiency Is Not Associated with Nonthyroidal Illness Syndrome, but with Thyroid Autoimmunity
Table 2
Characteristics of participants according to the vitamin cut-off level of 20 ng mL−1.
| | | <20 ng mL−1 | ≥20 ng mL−1 | |
| | 114 | 41 | | | Male/female | 14/100 | 10/31 | >0.05 | | Age (years) | 39.7 ± 1.5 | 39.5 ± 1.9 | >0.05 | | BMI (kg m−2) | 26.2 ± 0.9 | 24.9 ± 0.9 | >0.05 | | WC (cm) | 92.1 ± 2.2 | 85.5 ± 2.5 | 0.02 | | FBG (mg dL−1) | 80.9 ± 1.4 | 83.4 ± 1.8 | >0.05 | | HDL-C (mg dL−1) | 49.7 ± 1.6 | 47.1 ± 2.1 | >0.05 | | LDL-C (mg dL−1) | 109.1 ± 4.2 | 111.9 ± 5.3 | >0.05 | | TG (mg dL−1) | 121.7 ± 6.9 | 126.6 ± 8.8 | >0.05 | | Fasting insulin (IU mL−1) | 9.9 ± 0.9 | 9.0 ± 1.1 | >0.05 | | HOMA-IR (%) | 1.8 ± 0.4 | 1.5 ± 0.4 | >0.05 | | TSH (mIU mL−1) | 1.4 ± 0.1 | 1.9 ± 0.1 | 0.007 | | FT4 (ng dL−1) | 1.1 ± 0.0 | 1.1 ± 0.0 | >0.05 | | FT3 (ng dL−1) | 2.8 ± 0.0 | 2.7 ± 0.0 | >0.05 |
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BMI: body mass index; WC: waist circumference; FBG: fasting blood glucose; HDL-C: high-density cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density cholesterol; TG: triglyceride.
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