Differences and associations of metabolic and vitamin D status among patients with and without sub-clinical hypothyroid dysfunction

Table 2 Correlation coefficients (R) of Lipids to thyroid function tests, PTH and vitamin D adjusted for age and BMI

	TSH	FT3	FT4	PTH	Iodine	TPO Ab	Vitamin D
Total Cholesterol (mmol/l)	-0.05	-0.02	-0.06	-0.04	0.05	0.03	-0.02
HDL-Cholesterol (mmol/l)	-0.12	-0.13	-0.13	0.56**	-0.04	0.08	-0.04
Triglycerides (mmol/l)	0.12	0.04	-0.10	-0.16	-0.09	0.01	-0.19
LDL-Cholesterol (mmol/l)	-0.04	0.02	0.003	-0.20*	0.08	0.001	0.04

Note: * denotes significance at < 0.05; ** denotes significance at < 0.01; p-value significant at < 0.05.

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