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Table 1 Descriptive statistics and univariate analysis of clinical variables between the two groups

From: Establishing a diagnostic scale of subacute thyroiditis without radioisotope scanning

Variables

Study group

Control group

P value

Male sex, No. (%)

32 (17. 78)

32 (24. 81)

0. 133

Age (years)

46. 77 ± 10. 30

44. 46 ± 14. 17

0. 828

Height (cm)

158. 18 ± 6. 43

157. 89 ± 7. 42

0. 751

Weight (kg)

55. 01 ± 8. 81

53. 67 ± 9. 65

0. 106

Systolic pressure (mmHg)

118. 69 ± 13. 40

123. 14 ± 16. 78

0. 019

Diastolic pressure (mmHg)

76. 07 ± 9. 52

77. 63 ± 11. 10

0. 278

Heart rate (bpm)

87. 42 ± 12. 90

86. 93 ± 16. 02

0. 380

Elevated heart rate, No. (%)

21 (11. 77)

27 (20. 93)

0. 028

Prior upper respiratory infection, No. (%)

26 (14. 44)

4 (3. 10)

0. 001

Fever, No. (%)

60 (33. 33)

0

≤0. 001

Neck pain, No. (%)

174 (96. 67)

21 (16. 28)

≤0. 001

Thyroid tenderness, No. (%)

176 (97. 78)

9 (6. 98)

≤0. 001

Odynophagia, No. (%)

135 (75. 00)

6 (4. 65)

≤0. 001

Radiating pain, No. (%)

89 (49. 44)

5 (3. 88)

≤0. 001

Palpitation, No. (%)

41 (22. 78)

47 (36. 46)

0. 009

Hands tremble, No. (%)

10 (5. 56)

28 (21. 71)

≤0. 001

Weight loss, No. (%)

26 (14. 44)

33 (25. 58)

0. 014

Thyroid swelling, No. (%)

168 (93. 33)

114 (83. 37)

0. 128

Firm on palpation, No. (%)

148 (82. 22)

8 (6. 20)

≤0. 001

Elevated white blood cell, No. (%)

45 (25. 00)

4 (3. 10)

≤0. 001

Elevated neutrophil, No. (%)

65 (36. 11)

8 (6. 20)

≤0. 001

Increased ESR, No. (%)

140 (77. 78)

5 (3. 88)

≤0. 001

Elevated CRP, No. (%)

127 (70. 56)

9 (6. 98)

≤0. 001

Elevated thyroid hormone level, No. (%)

106 (58. 89)

57 (44. 19)

0. 011

TT3(nmol/L)

2. 69 ± 1. 38

3. 09 ± 2. 79

0. 087

TT4(nmol/L)

165. 27 ± 61. 09

137. 77 ± 74. 63

≤0. 001

FT3(pmol/L)

9. 34 ± 8. 94

15. 20 ± 14. 87

0. 877

FT4(pmol/L)

31. 01 ± 19. 38

40. 63 ± 34. 00

0. 703

TSH (μIU/ml)

0. 51 ± 1. 40

2. 89 ± 12. 45

0. 168

TPOAb (IU/ml)

34. 56 ± 67. 14

132. 53 ± 185. 56

0. 026

TgAb (IU/ml)

283. 15 ± 534. 56

366. 74 ± 794. 74

0. 046

Suppressed uptake of Technetium-99 m, No. (%)

156 (89. 14)

19 (14. 73)

≤0. 001

FT3/FT4

0. 307 ± 0. 20

0. 34 ± 0. 10

≤0. 001

  1. Descriptive data was shown as mean ± SD or frequencies(%). The corresponding reference ranges of serum TT3, TT4, FT3, FT4, THS, TPOAb and TgAb were 1.3–3.1 nmol/l, 66–181 nmol/l, 3.1–6.8 pmol/l, 12–22 pmol/l, 0.27–4.2 μIU/ml, 0–34 IU/ml and 0–155 IU/ml, respectively