Iodine concentration and content measured by dual-source computed tomography are correlated to thyroid hormone levels in euthyroid patients: a cross-sectional study in China

Table 2 Correlation analysis between the iodine level and thyroid function index (Spearman)

		FT3	TT3	FT4	TT4	TSH	Sex	Age	CT value
Total iodine content	R Value	0.500^*	0.180	−0.088	0.194	−0.368^*	− 0.432^*	− 0.249	0.361^*
Total iodine content	p Value	0.001	0.253	0.577	0.218	0.015	0.004	0.108	0.017
Iodine concentration	R Value	0.433^*	0.337^*	−0.132	0.122	−0.147	− 0.068	− 0.278	0.531^*
Iodine concentration	p Value	0.004	0.029	0.398	0.443	0.346	0.667	0.071	0.000
Age	R Value	−0.394^*	−0.131	−0.008	0.224	0.227	0.117	1.000	−0.318^*
Age	p Value	0.009	0.407	0.961	0.119	0.143	0.457	0.000	0.037
Volume	R Value	0.253	−0.107	−0.093	0.135	−0.273	− 0.590^*	0.003	− 0.083
Volume	p Value	0.102	0.502	0.555	0.393	0.076	0.000	0.987	0.599
CT value	R Value	0.342^*	0.000	−0.040	0.066	−0.209	− 0.173	−0.318^*	1.000
CT value	p Value	0.025	1.000	0.800	0.677	0.178	0.268	0.037	0.000
Sample size	N	43	42	43	42	43	43	43	43

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