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Table 1 Characteristics of study population

From: Associations between thyroid-stimulating hormone and hypertension according to thyroid cyst status in the general population: a cross-sectional study

  

Thyroid cyst

p

  

(−)

(+)

 

Number at risk

1160

564

 

Gender of men, %

40.7

29.4

< 0.001

Age, years

59.8 ± 9.4

62.0 ± 8.2

< 0.001

TSH, (0.39–4.01) μIU/ml

1.57 [1.10, 2.29]*1

1.60 [1.07, 2.33]*1

0.850*2

free T3, (2.1–4.1) pg/ml

3.2 ± 0.3

3.2 ± 0.3

0.054

free T4, (1.0–1.7) ng/dl

1.3 ± 0.2

1.2 ± 0.1

0.107

BMI, kg/m2

22.9 ± 3.4

22.6 ± 3.3

0.141

Current smoker, %

14.7

11.5

0.068

Daily drinker, %

40.9

39.2

0.506

SBP, mmHg

124 ± 17

126 ± 17

0.005

DBP, mmHg

73 ± 11

74 ± 10

0.045

Anti-hypertensive medication, %

28.7

33.0

0.070

HbA1c, %

5.6 ± 0.6

5.6 ± 0.6

0.074

TG, mg/dl

107 ± 79

101 ± 60

0.113

HDLc, mg/dl

60 ± 15

61 ± 15

0.057

  1. TSH Thyroid-stimulating hormone, T3 Triiodothyronine, T4 Thyroxine, BMI Body mass index, SBP Systolic blood pressure, DBP Diastolic blood pressure.TG Triglycerides, HDLc HDL-cholesterol. Values are mean ±standard deviation. *1: Values are median [the first quartile, third quartile]. .*2: Logarithmic transformation was used for evaluating p.