Abstract: Objective To investigate the factors involved in the development of thyroid nodules and the correlation between homocysteine (Hcy) and albumin-globulin ratio (AGR) and thyroid autoantibodies in adults. Methods As a retrospective study, a total of 1 427 people who received physical examination at the Second Hospital Affiliated to Hebei North College from October 2019 to August 2020 and the clinical data of the subjects who fulfilled the criteria of NAR were selected for analysis by simple random sampling. All of subjects underwent thyroid color ultrasound scanning and were divided into a control group (without thyroid nodules, n=52) and an observation group (with thyroid nodules, n=48). The general clinical data of the two study groups were compared, and the correlation between Hcy and AGR and thyroid autoantibodies was analyzed.Confunding factors affecting the incidence of thyroid nodules were screened using multifactorial unconditional logistic regression analysis. Results The observation group showed statistically significant differences in gender, age, diastolic blood pressure, systolic blood pressure, Hcy, AGR, TGAb, and TPOAb as compared to the control group (P＜0.05); Using adult Hcy as the dependent variable and Spearman′s correlation analysis of AGR, TGAb and TPOAb, adult Hcy was negatively correlated with AGR (r=-0.384, P＜0.05) and TGAb and TPOAb were positively correlated (r=0.218, 0.224, P＜0.05); Using age, sex, diastolic blood pressure, systolic blood pressure, Hcy, AGR TGAb and TPOAb as independent variables and thyroid nodules as dependent variables, a multifactor logistic regression analysis was performed in 100 subjects who experienced physical check. The analysis showed that age ≥40 years and female were relevant factors for the development of thyroid nodules factors (P＜0.05), Hcy, AGR, TGAb and TPOAb were correlated with thyroid nodules (P＜0.05). Conclusions Thyroid nodules are more common in middle-aged women, and there is a correlation between Hcy, AGR, TGAb, and TPOAb levels and thyroid nodules. Regular thyroid screening examination should be carried out based on the above indicators.

Key words: thyroid nodules, homocysteine, albumin to globuiln ratio, thyroid auto antibodies