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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics by sex

From: Circulating antithyroid antibodies contribute to the decrease of glomerular filtration rate in lithium-treated patients: a longitudinal study

 

Total sample (N = 394)

Women (N = 289)

Men (N = 105)

P value

Age of onset of lithium treatment, mean ± SD

39.2 ± 13.0

40.7 ± 13.1

35.0 ± 11.8

0.0001

Years with lithium treatment, mean ± SD

15.1 ± 7.5

15.2 ± 7.7

14.7 ± 6.9

0.56

Current age, mean ± SD

55.0 ± 13.6

56.5 ± 13.6

50.8 ± 12.9

0.0002

Treatment with antihypertensive agents

132 (34%)

99 (34%)

33 (31%)

0.63

Diabetes

89 (23%)

63 (22%)

26 (25%)

0.59

Treatment with l-thyroxine

125 (32%)

114 (39%)

11 (10%)

0.0001

Circulating thyroid antibodies

102 (26%)

90 (31%)

12 (11%)

0.0001