The association between dietary inflammatory index and dietary total antioxidant capacity and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis: a case-control study

Table 1 General and biochemical indices of the study population.^a

	Case (n = 115)*	Control (n = 115)	P value**
Age (year)	40.27 ± 10.05	39.4 ± 8.97	0.415
Gender/female	102 (54.5%)	85 (45.5%)	0.004
Weight (kg)	73.77 ± 12.39	72.76 ± 16.12	0.595
Height (m)	1.62 ± 0.09	1.65 ± 0.09	0.034
Body mass index (kg/m²)	28.03 ± 6.32	26.43 ± 5.13	0.046
Smoking^b	19 (46.3%)	22(53.7%)	0.365
Physical activity levels (moderate intensity aerobic exercise)^c	57 (49.6%)	94(81.7%)	0.001
Waist circumference (cm)	85.04 ± 14.73	77.96 ± 15.25	0.001
Hip circumference (cm)	109.34 ± 15.14	98.90 ± 21.13	0.001
Waist to hip ratio	0.77 ± 0.04	0.79 ± 0.07	0.634
Anti-TPO (IU/ml)	397.02 ± 306.25	36.78 ± 70.43	0.001
TSH (mIU/l)	7.51 ± 3.24	1.77 ± 1.18	0.001
FT4 (ng/dl)	0.70 ± 0.43	0.77 ± 0.25	0.173
TG-Ab (IU/ml)	175.62 ± 52.07	67.93 ± 25	0.001
Dietary inflammatory index	0.33 ± 2.02	-0.86 ± 1.82	0.001
Dietary total antioxidant capacity (mmol/d)	20.68 ± 5.86	22.10 ± 4.86	0.047

^a. Quantitative values are reported as the mean ± standard deviation, qualitative values are reported as n (%)
^b. Smokers number and percentage of people who use cigarettes
^c. People who do moderate intensity aerobic exercise 3–4 times a week and between 30–40 min each time
^*. Case: People with Hashimoto’s thyroidits. Control: Healthy age-matched people
^**. Obtained from t-test for continuous variables and chi-square test for categorical variables
Anti-TPO, Antithyroid peroxidase antibody; cm, Centimeter; FT4, Free thyroxin; IU/ml, International units per mililier; kg, Kilogram; m, Meter; mIU/l, Milli-international units per litre; mmol/d, Millimole per day; ng/dl, Nanograms per deciliter; TG-Ab, Thyroglobulin antibodies; TSH, Thyroid stimulating hormone

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