Correlation between Thyroid Nodules,Iodine Nutrition,and White of the Eye and Collaterals
Objective:To quantitatively analyze the correlation between thyroid nodules,urinary iodine intake,as well as the relationship between white of the eye and collaterals.Methods:A total of 66 patients with thyroid nodules indicated by thyroid ultrasonography in the Second People's Hospital Affiliated to Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine were selected as the case group,and 70 patients with normal thyroid in the same period of physical examination were selected as the control group.Urine iodine content and white eye collaterals of subjects in the two groups were detected,and the data of the two groups were statistically analyzed.Results:The median urine iodine in the case group is 108.40 μg/L,median urine iodine in the control group is 129.70 μg/L,there was no statistically significant difference in the median urinary iodine between the two groups(P>0.05).There were statistically significant differences in the distribution of"blood vessels"morphological features,"M(bile)"location feature score and"dark pink"color feature score between the two groups(P<0.05),while there were no statistically significant differences in the white of the eye and the collaterals of the remaining white eyes between the two groups(P>0.05).Conclusion:No significant correlation was found between iodine nutrition and thyroid nodules,and the formation of thyroid nodules is related to factors such as gallbladder dysfunction,qi stagnation,and blood stasis.
Thyroid nodulesIodine nutritionWhite of the eye and collaterals