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Table 3 Associations of thyroid nodules with BMI and waist circumference in subgroups of subjects stratified by gender, age, TSH or UIC

From: Association of thyroid nodules with adiposity: a community-based cross-sectional study in China

Predictor		BMI ≥24 kg/m²			Central obesity
	N	Adjusted OR, 95%CI	P	P interaction	Adjusted OR, 95%CI	P	P interaction
Gender^a
Male	682	1.14 (0.68, 1.90)	0.626	0.372	1.91 (1.14, 3.20)	0.013	0.272
Female	800	1.61 (1.01, 2.54)	0.044		1.44 (0.89, 2.35)	0.142
Age^b
< 50 years	958	1.61 (0.94, 2.74)	0.081	0.185	1.87 (1.05, 3.32)	0.033	0.632
≥ 50 years	524	1.14 (0.74, 1.75)	0.559		1.54 (1.00, 2.37)	0.048
TSH^c
≤ 4.2 mIU/L	1259	1.17 (0.81, 1.68)	0.408	0.161	1.41 (0.97, 2.05)	0.069	0.194
> 4.2 mIU/L	223	2.52 (0.91, 6.99)	0.076		3.05 (1.01, 9.22)	0.048
UIC^d
< 200 µg/L	543	1.08 (0.63, 1.85)	0.785	0.375	1.30 (0.75, 2.24)	0.351	0.373
≥ 200 µg/L	939	1.48 (0.95, 2.29)	0.082		1.79 (1.14, 2.81)	0.012

^aAdjusted for age, education, profession, smoking status, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, TSH, and UIC
^badjusted for gender, education, profession, smoking status, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, TSH, and UIC
^cadjusted for age, gender, education, profession, smoking status, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and UIC
^dadjusted for age, gender, education, profession, smoking status, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and TSH

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