Table 5.
Results of Spearman’s correlation analysis between Ni and thyroid hormone levels in blood samples from male, female, and the entire examined population of Belgrade, Serbia.
Ni vs. TSH | Ni vs. fT4 | Ni vs. fT3 | Ni vs. T4 | Ni vs. T3 | ||
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Men | r | 0,03853 | -0,1556 | -0,07936 | 0,02239 | 0,09980 |
95% confidence interval | -0,1114 to 0,1867 | -0,3007 to -0,003492 | -0,2280 to 0,07288 | -0,1265 to 0,1703 | -0,04982 to 0,2450 | |
P value | 0,6046 | 0,0391 | 0,2923 | 0,7623 | 0,1777 | |
Women | r | 0,02065 | 0,01262 | -0,04637 | 0,06305 | 0,03597 |
95% confidence interval | -0,1316 to 0,1719 | -0,1377 to 0,1624 | -0,1964 to 0,1057 | -0,08874 to 0,2120 | -0,1178 to 0,1880 | |
P value | 0,7850 | 0,8661 | 0,5388 | 0,4018 | 0,6375 | |
Entire population | r | 0,03338 | -0,07270 | -0,07534 | 0,04009 | 0,06921 |
95% confidence interval | -0,07327 to 0,1393 | -0,1782 to 0,03441 | -0,1809 to 0,03191 | -0,06600 to 0,1453 | -0,03776 to 0,1746 | |
P value | 0,5278 | 0,1705 | 0,1560 | 0,4457 | 0,1914 |
A significant result is marked in red.