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Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics

Table 2 Spearman's rank-order correlation analysis between B-lymphocyte-activating factor and body mass index, total triiodothyronine, total thyroxine, thyroid stimulating hormone, and vitamin D (VitD) among women with Graves' disease and control women

From: B-lymphocyte-activating factor is a potential biomarker associated with susceptibility to Graves’ disease in Iraqi women

Variable

BAFF; pg/mL

GD; n = 90

CTRL; n = 93

rs

p value

rs

p value

BMI; kg/m2

− 0.108

0.31

− 0.118

0.259

TT3; ng/mL

0.216

0.041

0.116

0.27

T4; µg/dL

0.269

0.01

− 0.106

0.311

TSH; µIU/mL

− 0.182

0.087

− 0.006

0.956

VitD; ng/mL

− 0.06

0.575

− 0.127

0.226

  1. BAFF B-lymphocyte-activating factor, GD Graves' disease, CTRL controls, rs correlation coefficient, p Two-tailed probability (significant p value is indicated in bold), BMI body mass index, TT3 total triiodothyronine, T4 total thyroxine, TSH thyroid stimulating hormone, VitD vitamin D
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