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Table 5 Correlations between thyroid function indices and DECT parameters

From: Influence of sex, age and thyroid function indices on dual-energy computed tomography-derived quantitative parameters of thyroid in patients with or without Hashimoto’s thyroiditis

	Overall study population			HT			No-HT
	IC	Volume	TIC	IC	Volume	TIC	IC	Volume	TIC
FT3
p	0.923	0.051	0.211	0.427	0.021	0.567	0.049	0.123	0.788
r	− 0.007	0.139	0.089	− 0.089	0.256	0.065	− 0.183	0.144	0.025
FT4
p	0.863	0.059	0.093	0.811	0.158	0.381	0.062	0.012	0.326
r	0.012	0.135	0.120	− 0.027	0.158	0.099	− 0.174	0.233	0.092
TSH
p	0.346	0.427	0.090	0.136	0.371	0.028	0.220	0.215	0.926
r	− 0.068	− 0.057	− 0.121	− 0.167	− 0.101	− 0.244	0.115	− 0.116	− 0.009
TPOAb
p	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.005	0.002	0.053	0.183	0.345	0.049	0.360
r	− 0.417	0.280	− 0.200	− 0.336	0.218	− 0.151	− 0.090	0.186	0.087
TgAb
p	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.007	0.428	0.164	0.577	0.626	0.971
r	− 0.553	0.315	− 0.333	− 0.297	0.089	− 0.156	0.052	0.046	0.003

DECT, dual-energy computed tomography; HT, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis; No-HT, patients without HT; IC, iodine concentration; TIC, total iodine content

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