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Table 3 Association of hepatic steatosis with thyroid hormone

From: Subclinical and clinical hypothyroidism and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a cross-sectional study of a random population sample aged 18 to 65 years

 

OR (95 % -CI)

p-value

bivariate

  

TSH

0.992 (0.945-1.042)

0.7453

TT3

0.738 (0.506-1.076)

0.1142

TT4

0.987 (0.979-0.995)

0.0008

multivariate

  

TT4

adjusted for age

0.990 (0.982-0.998)

0.0143

TT4

adjusted for BMI

0.988 (0.979-0.997)

<.0001

TT4

adjusted for WHR

0.997 (0.987-1.006)

0.5048

TT4

Adjusted for gender

0.994 (0.985-1.002)

0.1172

TT4

Adjusted for BMI, age, WHR, gender

0.994 (0.984-1.005)

0.2959

  1. TSH = thyroid-stimulating hormone; TT3 = triiodothyronine; TT4 = thyroxine; BMI = body-mass-index; WHR = waist to hip ratio