Gender-Specific Differences on the Association of Hypertension with Subclinical Thyroid Dysfunction

Table 1

Participant characteristics based on different genders.

	Total	Male	Female	T value
Case number	13380	8237	5143
Age (years)	48.63 ± 10.69	48.55 ± 10.37	48.76 ± 11.18	−1.12
BMI (kg/m^2)	25.53 ± 3.45	26.27 ± 3.21	24.33 ± 3.47	32.99
TSH (μlU/mL)	2.40 ± 2.09	2.12 ± 2.01	2.84 ± 2.15	−19.50
FT3 (pmol/L)	5.20 ± 0.52	5.39 ± 0.46	4.90 ± 0.45	59.68
FT4 (pmol/L)	16.22 ± 2.08	16.69 ± 2.06	15.47 ± 1.89	34.32
TC (mmol/L)	5.15 ± 0.99	5.13 ± 0.96	5.18 ± 1.03	−2.84
TG (mmol/L)	1.74 ± 1.34	1.98 ± 1.47	1.35 ± 0.99	26.89
ALT (U/L)	22.65 ± 14.01	26.05 ± 14.76	17.20 ± 10.67	37.36
AST (U/L)	19.69 ± 7.48	20.62 ± 7.72	18.19 ± 6.80	18.56
TBIL (μmol/L)	11.89 ± 5.11	13.02 ± 5.32	10.09 ± 4.19	33.62
BUN (mmol/L)	4.71 ± 1.33	4.94 ± 1.30	4.34 ± 1.29	26.06
Cr (μmol/L)	73.46 ± 14.71	81.07 ± 11.71	61.27 ± 10.10	100.21
FG (mmol/L)	5.42 ± 1.20	5.56 ± 1.29	5.20 ± 1.00	17.08

BMI = body mass index; TSH = thyroid stimulation hormone; FT3 = free tri-iodothyronine; FT4 = free thyroxine; TC = total cholesterol; TG = triglycerides; ALT = alanine aminotransferase; AST = aspartate transaminase; TBIL = total bilirubin; BUN = blood urea nitrogen; Cr = creatinine; FG = fasting glucose. (analyzed by independent sample’s t-test).