Table 1 Characteristics of the study population.

From: Association between thyroid cysts and hypertension by atherosclerosis status: a cross-sectional study

 

Thyroid cyst

p

(−)

(+)

No at risk

1213

588

 

Men (%)

40.7

29.8

< 0.001

Age (year)

59.7 ± 9.5

62.2 ± 8.3

< 0.001

TSH (μIU/mL)

1.58 [1.10, 2.32]a

1.63 [1.08, 2.43]a

0.819b

Free T3 (pg/mL)

3.2 ± 0.3

3.1 ± 0.3

0.178

Free T4 (ng/dL)

1.2 ± 0.2

1.2 ± 0.2

0.155

BMI (kg/m2)

22.9 ± 3.4

22.6 ± 3.3

0.132

SBP (mmHg)

124 ± 17

126 ± 17

0.005

DBP (mmHg)

73 ± 11

74 ± 10

0.067

Anti-hypertensive medication (%)

28.2

32.8

0.044

Current smoker (%)

14.5

11.4

0.070

Daily drinker (%)

40.6

38.9

0.491

HbA1c (%)

5.6 ± 0.6

5.6 ± 0.6

0.253

TG (mg/dL)

109 ± 87

101 ± 60

0.051

HDLc (mg/dL)

60 ± 15

61 ± 15

0.062

  1. Values are mean ± standard deviation.
  2. TSH thyroid stimulating hormone, T3 triiodothyronine, T4 thyroxine, BMI Body mass index, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, HbA1c hemoglobin A1c, TG triglycerides, HDLc HDL-cholesterol.
  3. aValues are median [the first quartile, third quartile].b Logarithmic transformation was used for evaluating p.
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