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. 2023 Aug 25;12(5):e230035. doi: 10.1530/ETJ-23-0035

Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of participants.

AIT Control P
Age (years) 47 (35–55) 48 (35–56) 0.844
Sex (females, %) 25, 83.3% 24, 82.8% 0.953
BMI (kg/m2) 24.97 (22.85–26.91) 24.65 (21.74–26.50) 0.306
TSH (mIU/L) 1.83 (1.14–3.33) 1.35 (1.03–2.03) 0.095
FT3 (pmol/L) 4.33 (4.07–4.62) 4.58 (4.15–4.76) 0.252
FT4 (pmol/L) 12.64 (11.39–13.33) 13.44 (12.11–14.24) 0.081
TPOAb (mIU/L) 227.98 (79.55–420.26) 0.99 (0.61–1.58) <0.001
TgAb (mIU/L) 215.40 (38.34–632.53) 1.36 (0.82–2.57) <0.001
Melatonin (pg/mL) 26.59 (19.86–35.46) 23.35 (18.81–31.92) 0.331

The figure in brackets represents the interquartile range (IQR) of the variable.

FT3,: free triiodothyronine; FT4, :free thyroxine; TgAb, thyroglobulin antibodies; TPOAb, thyroid peroxidase antibodies; TSH, thyroid-stimulating hormone.