Research Article
An Investigation on the Risk Factors of Thyroid Diseases in Community Population in Hainan
Table 7
Differences of four thyroid hormones in different genders.
| Gender | UIC (ug/L) | U | p | TSH (mIU/L) | U | p | FT4 (pmol/L) | U | p | FT3 (pmol/L) | U | p | Median | (P25, P75) | Median | (P25, P75) | Median | (P25, P75) | Median | (P25, P75) |
| Male | 159.32 | (107.23, 221.92) | 461226.5 | 0.004 | 1.67 | (1.21, 2.45) | 459022.5 | 0.001 | 17.14 | (15.01, 19.50) | 3428.5 | 0.002 | 7.35 | (5.67, 9.90) | 239.0 | 0.444 | Female | 147.30 | (89.09, 223.74) | 1.88 | (1.23, 2.90) | 15.5 | (13.48, 17.73) | 6.15 | (4.91, 8.75) |
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UIC: urinary iodine concentration; TSH: thyroid stimulating hormone; FT4: free thyroxine; FT3: free triiodothyronine. ā ā and bold text represent statistical significance. |