Research Article
A Mechanism Exploration of Metabolic Syndrome Causing Nodular Thyroid Disease
Table 5
Association between GI and TNs based on propensity score matching.
| Variables | GI (n = 212) | Non-GI (n = 385) | | SMD |
| Age (years) | 53.86 (13.10) | 52.12 (12.32) | 0.107 | 0.137 | Gender (female, n) | 76 (35.8) | 120 (31.2) | 0.283 | 0.099 | Body mass index (kg/m2) | 24.80 (2.77) | 24.82 (9.72) | 0.420 | 0.002 | Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 128.38 (15.62) | 126.85 (14.55) | 0.231 | 0.101 | Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 83.65 (10.32) | 82.86 (10.41) | 0.372 | 0.077 | Fasting blood sugar (mmol/L) | 7.46 (2.07) | 5.28 (0.39) | <0.001 | 1.465 | Uric acid (mmol/L) | 409.29 (100.13) | 415.09 (96.72) | 0.489 | 0.059 | Creatinine (mmol/L) | 77.78 (22.21) | 78.70 (18.57) | 0.228 | 0.045 | Triglyceride (mmol/L) | 1.67 (1.09) | 1.72 (1.34) | 0.898 | 0.037 | Cholesterol (mmol/L) | 5.34 (0.91) | 5.34 (0.96) | 0.976 | 0.003 | High-density lipoprotein (mmol/L) | 1.32 (0.33) | 1.31 (0.31) | 0.676 | 0.035 | Low-density lipoprotein (mmol/L) | 3.25 (0.78) | 3.24 (0.79) | 0.887 | 0.012 | Thyroid-stimulating hormone (mIU/L) | 1.83 (0.98) | 1.89 (0.90) | 0.499 | 0.057 | Free triiodothyronine (nmol/L) | 5.11 (0.53) | 5.18 (0.55) | 0.124 | 0.133 | Free thyroxine (nmol/L) | 15.93 (2.18) | 15.61 (2.17) | 0.087 | 0.147 | White blood cell (109 cells/L) | 6.86 (1.94) | 6.64 (1.73) | 0.141 | 0.124 | Neutrophil (109 cells/L) | 3.91 (1.49) | 3.65 (1.22) | 0.023 | 0.189 | Lymphocyte (109 cells/L) | 2.34 (0.70) | 2.37 (0.67) | 0.574 | 0.048 | Monocyte (109 cells/L) | 0.41 (0.14) | 0.41 (0.14) | 0.743 | 0.028 | Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio | 1.78 (0.92) | 1.62 (0.64) | 0.026 | 0.210 | Lymphocyte/monocyte ratio | 6.14 (2.29) | 6.14 (2.04) | 0.971 | 0.003 | Monocyte/high-density lipoprotein ratio | 0.34 (0.16) | 0.34 (0.16) | 0.763 | 0.026 | Thyroid nodules (n) | 148 (69.8) | 228 (59.2) | 0.013 | 0.223 |
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Matching variables included age, gender, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, uric acid, creatinine, triglyceride, cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein, and low-density lipoprotein. GI: glucose intolerance; TNs: thyroid nodules; SMD: standardized mean difference.
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