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Table 2 The body fat content and lipid metabolism according to free T3, free T4, and TSH

From: Association of thyroid hormone with body fat content and lipid metabolism in euthyroid male patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional study

Parameter

Free T3

P value

Free T4

P value

TSH

P value

(≤2.37)

(2.39–2.74)

(≥2.76)

(≤0.96)

(0.97–1.07)

(≥1.09)

(≤1.09)

(1.11–1.75)

(≥1.88)

BMI

23.16 (2.38)

25.92 (2.72)a

26.75 (3.86)a

< 0.001

24.19 (2.93)

26.77 (3.59)a

24.92 (3.26)

0.033

24.25 (2.55)

25.42 (4.04)

26.20 (3.32)

0.163

WHR

0.91 (0.05)

0.93 (0.05)

0.95 (0.05)

0.125

0.92 (0.04)

0.95 (0.06)a

0.92 (0.05)b

0.030

0.91 (0.05)

0.93 (0.05)

0.94 (0.05)

0.163

BFP

21.85 (4.97)

22.50 (5.46)

26.69 (5.95)a,b

0.008

21.99 (5.29)

24.83 (5.91)

24.40 (6.10)

0.221

22.66 (5.63)

22.88 (6.04)

25.69 (5.56)

0.158

VFC

101.54 (20.25)

106.66 (26.34)

123.05 (30.29)a,b

0.019

104.20 (20.65)

122.16 (29.07)

105.64 (28.70)

0.050

106.66 (23.35)

110.45 (31.19)

114.89 (27.39)

0.613

TG

1.55 (0.87)

2.01 (1.65)

2.41 (1.94)

0.184

2.35 (2.04)

1.71 (1.26)

1.92 (1.31)

0.393

1.91 (1.73)

1.67 (1.12)

2.41 (1.77)

0.291

TC

4.72 (1.47)

4.43 (0.98)

4.98 (1.37)

0.383

4.54 (1.14)

4.38 (1.04)

5.23 (1.56)

0.069

4.04 (0.75)

4.85 (1.28)a

5.26 (1.48)a

0.005

HDL

0.99 (0.22)

0.97 (0.21)

1.12 (0.30)

0.082

1.00 (0.21)

0.95 (0.24)

1.13 (0.28)

0.068

0.90 (0.19)

1.12 (0.23)a

1.06 (0.28)a

0.010

LDL

2.93 (1.26)

2.49 (0.65)

2.74 (0.86)

0.336

2.41 (0.75)

2.57 (0.68)

3.20 (1.22)a,b

0.014

2.39 (0.74)

2.81 (0.83)

2.98 (1.19)

0.105

Adiponectin

5.03 (0.67)

5.56 (0.71)a

5.46 (0.72)a

0.037

5.05 (0.62)

5.56 (0.77)

5.43 (0.70)

0.052

5.22 (0.76)

5.33 (0.71)

5.50 (0.71)

0.425

Leptin

3.04 (0.33)

3.25 (0.36)

3.22 (0.38)

0.123

3.07 (0.34)

3.29 (0.35)

3.15 (0.38)

0.129

3.08 (0.40)

3.20 (0.35)

3.23 (0.34)

0.339

Visfatin

29.58 (3.59)

28.56 (3.10)

29.26 (2.82)

0.566

29.98 (3.67)

27.86 (2.73)

29.59 (2.71)

0.058

29.29 (3.45)

29.13 (2.49)

29.01 (3.59)

0.959

TNF-α

16.26 (2.32)

18.63 (2.21)a

19.06 (2.16)a

< 0.001

17.01 (2.26)

18.76 (2.68)

18.20 (2.40)

0.062

17.24 (2.83)

18.31 (2.32)

18.42 (2.32)

0.234

IL-6

10.88 (1.57)

11.79 (1.47)a

12.08 (1.11)a

0.015

11.04 (1.57)

12.32 (1.37)a

11.40 (1.17)b

0.009

11.45 (1.43)

11.39 (1.55)

11.92 (1.41)

0.423

Homocysteine

9.32 (2.52)

9.19 (1.36)

9.37 (1.87)

0.951

9.54 (2.35)

8.72 (1.36)

9.63 (1.97)

0.237

8.87 (1.03)

9.33 (2.01)

9.69 (2.51)

0.381

UA

325.45 (93.30)

333.67 (94.55)

319.35 (80.30)

0.869

335.73 (99.80)

307.73 (89.73)

334.36 (74.49)

0.501

310.41 (98.37)

338.18 (90.82)

329.23 (75.74)

0.574

  1. *a: compared with lowest category of tertile with P < 0.05; b: highest versus middle category of tertile with P < 0.05