Table 3 Comparison of thyroid hormone levels in T2DM patients with or without NAFLD based on the NFS level

Sex (male/female)

13/32

21/27

0.137

88/107

141/157

0.634

Age (years)

72.27 ± 8.14

69.92 ± 8.92

0.189

60(53–66)

56(51–64)

0.025

FT3(pmol/L)

3.81 ± 0.56

3.95 ± 0.50

0.199

3.98 ± 0.50

4.06 ± 0.47

0.081

FT4(pmol/L)

13.04 ± 1.57

12.55 ± 1.40

0.113

13.47 ± 1.51

13.12 ± 2.49

0.013

TT3(nmol/L)

1.29 ± 0.20

1.36 ± 0.20

0.067

1.40 ± 0.22

1.42 ± 0.23

0.215

TT4(nmol/L)

83.67 ± 11.55

83.08 ± 13.58

0.822

85.05(75.20–97.68)

84.61(73.27–95.96)

0.342

TSH (uIU/L)

2.3177 ± 0.9937

2.5104 ± 1.1098

0.381

2.0187(1.4134–2.8459)

2.0308(1.3439–2.7457)

0.537

FT3/FT4

0.295 ± 0.052

0.317 ± 0.045

0.032

0.298 ± 0.042

0.312 ± 0.045

0.000