Table 2.

Basal clinical data of the patients.

	Total	PTC group	NG group	p
Age (years)	48.16±1.17	47.60±1.63	50.72±1.62	0.438
Gender (male)	46 (38.3%)	25 (41.7%)	21 (35.0%)	0.453
BMI	24.09±0.30	24.61±0.40	23.57±0.45	0.086
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	122.94±1.37	122.20±1.96	125.68±1.86	0.056
Diastolic pressure (mmHg)	77.41±1.04	77.43±1.28	77.38±1.66	0.981
TRAb (IU/ml)	0.30 (0.30, 0.45)	0.30 (0.30, 0.42)	0.31 (0.30, 0.68)	0.053
TSH (μIU/ml)	1.94±0.08	1.91±0.10	1.98±0.13	0.654
T3 (nmol/l)	1.70±0.03	1.75±0.04	1.65±0.05	0.098
T4 (nmol/l)	95.41±1.27	94.01±1.82	96.80±1.76	0.272
FT3 (pmol/l)	4.83±0.06	4.86±0.07	4.80±0.09	0.578
FT4 (pmol/l)	15.83±0.22	15.92±0.30	15.73±0.34	0.673
TGAb (IU/ml)	10.00 (10.00, 12.07)	10.00 (10.00, 11.79)	12.10 (10.00, 16.88)	0.070
TPOAb (IU/ml)	12.28 (9.36, 15.53)	11.35 (8.58, 14.54)	13.87 (8.94, 17.37)	0.705
Parathyroid hormone (pg/ml)	44.13±1.79	42.49±2.33	45.64±2.69	0.381
Alanine transaminase (U/L)	20.00 (14.00, 25.00)	21.00 (15.00, 28.00)	16.00 (12.75, 24.25)	0.580
Glutaminase (U/L)	22.00 (18.00, 27.00)	25.00 (19.00, 29.00)	19.50 (17.00, 25.25)	0.521
Urea (mmol/l)	4.79±0.10	4.81±0.15	4.77±0.14	0.877
Creatinine (μmol/l)	55.00 (47.00, 66.00)	52.00 (46.00, 64.00)	52.50 (45.75, 58.25)	0.478
Uric acid (μmol/l)	318.28±9.24	332.34±12.31	303.98±13.66	0.126
Blood glucose (mmol/l)	5.06 (4.84, 5.50)	5.03 (4.76, 5.43)	5.15 (4.87, 5.60)	0.178
Total cholesterol (mmol/l)	4.64±0.14	4.61±0.16	4.68±0.21	0.802
Triglycerides (mmol/l)	1.31 (1.14, 1.74)	1.28 (1.14, 1.59)	1.43 (1.18, 1.82)	0.403
High density lipoprotein (mmol/l)	1.20 (1.06, 1.47)	1.20 (1.06, 1.42)	1.18 (1.06, 1.51)	0.834
Low density lipoprotein (mmol/l)	2.58±0.09	2.53±0.11	2.62±0.14	0.645

BMI, body weight index; TRAb: thyrotropin receptor antibody; TSH, thyrotropin; TGAb,anti-thyroglobulin antibody; TPOAb, thyroid peroxidase antibody; p, comparison between PTC group and NG group.