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Table 1 Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Study participants

From: Frequency and determinants of thyroid autoimmunity in Ghanaian type 2 diabetes patients: a case-control study

Variable

T2DM subjects

Controls

P- Value

Number

302

310

 

Age, years (mean ± SD)

57.6 ± 9.4

57.2 ± 9.5

0.65

Hypertension, n(%)

213 (70.5)

75 (24.5)

<0.0001

Female gender, n (%)

178 (58.9)

181 (58.4)

0.95

SBP, mmHg (mean ± SD)

148.2 ± 20.5

130.4 ± 22.7

<0.0001

DBP, mmHg (Mean ± SD)

82.6 ± 12.6

77.6 ± 12.7

<0.0001

Dyslipidemia, n (%)

159 (52.6)

24 (11.4)

<0.0001

Alcohol, n (%)

87 (28.8)

120 (29.0)

0.96

Smoking, n (%)

22 (7.3)

15 (4.8)

0.24

Body mass index, kg/m2, median (IQR)

27.9 (21.5–31.5)

27.0 (24–30.3)

0.03

Waist Circumference, cm, median (IQR)

98 (90–106)

94 (84–100.8)

<0.0001

Central obesity, n (%)

210 (69.5)

121 (39.0)

<0.0001

HbA1c,%, median (IQR)

8.2 (6.9–9.6)

5.2 (5.0–5.4)

<0.0001

Fasting blood glucose, mmol/L, (Mean ± SD)

10.4 ± 5.4

5.3 ± 1.4

<0.0001

Creatinine,μmol/L, median (IQR)

84 (62–106.8)

77 (63–99)

0.21

Thyroid dysfunction, n (%)

56 (18.5)

40 (12.9)

0.06

Thyroid autoimmunity, n (%)

64 (21.2)

12 (3.9)

<0.0001

Positive TPOAb, n (%)

44 (14.7)

6 (1.9)

<0.0001

Positive TGAb, n (%)

5 (1.7)

3 (0.9)

0.99

Positive TPOAb + TGAb n (%)

15 (5.0)

3 (0.9)

0.004