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Table 4 Stepwise multivariate linear regression analysis in Nigella-sativa treated group with changes in VEGF and Nesfatin-1 as dependent variables and changes in anthropometric variables and thyroid hormones as dependent variables

From: The effects of Nigella sativa on thyroid function, serum Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) – 1, Nesfatin-1 and anthropometric features in patients with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis: a randomized controlled trial

 

B

SE

β

t

P

Δ Nesfatin (as dependent variable)

 Δ WHR

387.54

183.92

0.24

2.10

0.05

 Δ TSH

1.34

0.63

0.30

2.11

0.05

 ΔT3

−59.11

14.49

−0.63

−4.07

0.001

Δ VEGF (as dependent variable)

 ΔWHR

35449.84

18234.88

0.31

1.94

0.05

  1. WHR waist to hip ratio, TSH thyroid-stimulating hormone, T3 triiodothyronine, T4 thyroxine, VEGF vascular endothelial growth factor, B unstandardized coefficient, SE standard error, β standardized coefficient, t the student’s t distribution, P level of significance