Table 1. Concentration and risk ratio (RR) for antithyroid antibodies in PCOS patients
|
Autoantibodies |
Patients |
Control |
RR |
95% CI |
p value |
|
Mean ± SE |
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|
Anti-TG (AU/ml) |
50.4±10.3 |
30.6±7.2 |
5.4 |
4.8-5.6 |
<0.001 |
|
Anti -TPO (AU/ml) |
91.9±14.7 |
12.4±5.1 |
6.4 |
6.1-7.0 |
<0.001 |
P value significant at <0.05, RR: Risk Ratio, %CI: Confidence interval, SE: Standard error. Anti-TG: Anti-thyroglobulin antibodies, and Anti-TPO: Anti-thyroperoxidase antibodies.