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

Table 3 Correlation analysis of thyroid hormone and body fat content and lipid metabolism

Variable	TSH		Free T3		Free T4
Variable	r	P value	r	P value	r	P value
BMI	0.19	0.127	0.45	< 0.001	0.09	0.487
WHR	0.20	0.100	0.27	0.028	0.04	0.733
BFP	0.20	0.113	0.33	0.007	0.18	0.146
VFC	0.11	0.397	0.30	0.014	0.02	0.904
TG	0.21	0.096	0.22	0.082	−0.16	0.205
TC	0.36	0.003	0.14	0.271	0.17	0.180
HDL	0.13	0.301	0.19	0.135	0.26	0.038
LDL	0.19	0.134	0.02	0.892	0.26	0.036
Adiponectin	0.08	0.515	0.25	0.045	0.28	0.023
Leptin	0.16	0.204	0.17	0.169	0.16	0.202
Visfatin	0.02	0.902	−0.12	0.333	−0.01	0.920
TNF-α	0.08	0.506	0.47	< 0.001	0.24	0.056
IL-6	0.01	0.913	0.32	0.008	0.05	0.696
Homocysteine	0.13	0.300	−0.05	0.675	0.02	0.868
UA	0.07	0.580	0.03	0.827	0.05	0.686

*BFP: body fat percentage; BMI: body mass index; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; WHR: waist-hip ratio; TC: total cholesterol; TG: triglyceride; UA: uric acid; VFC: visceral fat content

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