Association of antithyroglobulin antibody with iodine nutrition and thyroid dysfunction in Nepalese children

Table 1 Median UIC, thyroid hormones and TgAb in the study population

Variables	Total N = 213	Sex			Altitude
Variables	Total N = 213	Male N = 115	Female N = 98	P value	Low altitude N = 66	High altitude N = 147	P value
Median UIC (μg/L)	150.0 (102.8; 204.0)	166.9 (105.0; 221.0)	150.0 (105.0;192.36)	0.03	107.5 (90.8;186.5)	163.0 (108.0;212.0)	0.002
Mean fT3 (pg/ml)	2.49 ± 0.83	2.57 ± 0.79	2.41 ± 0.87	0.174	2.51 ± 0.85	2.49 ± 0.82	0.864
Mean fT4 (ng/dl)	1.33 ± 0.42	1.31 ± 0.38	1.37 ± 0.46	0.289	1.28 ± 0.43	1.36 ± 0.41	0.186
Median TSH (mIU/L)	2.49 (1.58;4.29)	2.48 (1.64;3.79)	2.56 (1.44;4.71)	0.412	2.75 (1.69; 4.77)	2.36 (1.53; 4.06)	0.222
Median TgAb (IU/ml)	21.40 (15.54;31.20)	20.60 (14.89;28.92)	21.5 (16.76;32.98)	0.217	24.65 (16.76; 41.24)	20.4 (15.3;27.98)	0.036

The data are expressed as mean ± SD or median (IQR). Independent samples T test and Mann-Whitney test was applied for testing statistical significance

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