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Table 5 Analyses of subgroups and interaction tests

From: The association between the thyroid feedback quantile-based index and serum uric acid in U.S. adults

Subgroups

FT3/FT4

TFQIFT4

TFQIFT3

TSHI

TT4RI

TT3RI

Gender

Adjusted β (95% CI)

–

–

–

–

–

Male

34.75 (− 0.44, 69.93)

 − 0.99 (− 10.07, 8.08)

3.43 (− 8.97, 15.83)

 − 0.12 (− 5.22, 4.97)

0.08 (− 0.22, 0.37)

0.42 (− 0.19, 1.03)

Female

36.71 (− 0.49, 73.90)

11.97 (2.50, 21.44)*

15.74 (3.09, 28.40)*

7.24 (1.97, 12.51)**

0.36 (0.07, 0.66)*

1.01 (0.37, 1.65)**

P-interaction

0.939

0.052

0.171

0.048

0.172

0.187

Age group

      

 20–39 years

62.94 (18.72, 107.17)**

5.93 (− 5.38, 17.24)

17.50 (2.25, 32.75)*

7.99 (1.88, 14.10)**

0.55 (0.16, 0.94)**

1.38 (0.61, 2.16)***

 40–59 years

 − 1.46 (− 43.05, 40.12)

9.02 (− 1.91, 19.94)

7.85 (− 6.97, 22.67)

4.53 (− 1.60, 10.66)

0.27 (− 0.09, 0.62)

0.44 (− 0.31, 1.18)

 60–80 years

21.42 (− 21.80, 64.63)

 − 5.39 (− 16.41, 5.62)

 − 12.56 (− 27.31, 2.19)

 − 5.30 (− 11.46, 0.87)

 − 0.23 (− 0.55, 0.08)

 − 0.36 (− 1.09, 0.36)

 P-interaction

0.107

0.156

0.016

0.025

0.006

0.005

BMI (kg/m2)

      

 18–24.9

30.73 (− 19.56, 81.03)

 − 2.28 (− 14.57, 10.01)

 − 5.26 (− 21.53, 11.01)

 − 1.79 (− 8.51, 4.93)

 − 0.12 (− 0.51, 0.26)

 − 0.10 (− 0.94, 0.73)

 25–29.9

39.78 (− 2.11, 81.67)

 − 3.47 (− 14.18, 7.24)

 − 1.21 (− 16.07, 13.64)

 − 2.17 (− 8.26, 3.92)

 − 0.06 (− 0.41, 0.29)

0.17 (− 0.59, 0.93)

 ≥ 30

0.24 (− 39.40, 39.89)

15.91 (5.41, 26.40)**

15.97 (1.83, 30.10)*

8.72 (2.83, 14.61)**

0.51 (0.18, 0.83)**

1.05 (0.36, 1.73)**

 P-interaction

0.368

0.019

0.103

0.017

0.018

0.074

  1. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001
  2. Adjust model adjust for: gender, age, race, blood pressure, smoking, alcohol, BMI, physical activity, urea, creatinine, triglyceride, total cholesterol, high density cholesterol, low density cholesterol, glycosylated hemoglobin, past disease history and eGFR. All the models are not adjusted for the variable itself in each stratification