Table 4.

Risk of having MetS components in males by thyroid hormone quartiles.

Thyroid hormone quartiles	Central obesitya			Hypertriglyceridemia			Low HDL-C			Hypertension			Hyperglycemia
	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	P-value	P for trend	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	P-value	P for trend	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	P-value	P for trend	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	P-value	P for trend	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	P-value	P for trend
TSH
Quartile 1 (reference)	1.000		0.098	1.000		0.416	1.000		0.202	1.000		0.582	1.000		0.080
Quartile 2	1.016 (0.848, 1.217)	0.862		0.992 (0.832, 1.182)	0.926		0.988 (0.827, 1.180)	0.892		1.024 (0.844, 1.243)	0.810		0.936 (0.760, 1.151)	0.529
Quartile 3	1.150 (0.961, 1.377)	0.128		0.971 (0.813, 1.158)	0.740		1.114 (0.932, 1.331)	0.236		0.908 (0.749, 1.101)	0.328		0.840 (0.679, 1.039)	0.108
Quartile 4	1.126 (0.941, 1.347)	0.194		1.087 (0.912, 1.296)	0.353		1.086 (0.909, 1.296)	0.364		1.103 (0.908, 1.341)	0.323		0.850 (0.689, 1.048)	0.128
FT3
Quartile 1 (reference)	1.000		<0.001	1.000		<0.001	1.000		0.001	1.000		0.159	1.000		0.027
Quartile 2	1.299 (1.080, 1.564)	0.006		1.100 (0.920, 1.315)	0.297		1.100 (0.920, 1.315)	0.584		0.855 (0.702, 1.040)	0.117		1.030 (0.834, 1.272)	0.784
Quartile 3	1.345 (1.119, 1.616)	0.002		1.433 (1.199, 1.712)	<0.001		1.273 (1.064, 1.522)	0.008		1.060 (0.869, 1.293)	0.567		1.155 (0.937, 1.425)	0.178
Quartile 4	1.739 (1.447, 2.090)	<0.001		1.431 (1.195, 1.714)	<0.001		1.251 (1.044, 1.500)	0.015		1.076 (0.881, 1.315)	0.472		1.245 (1.004, 1.543)	0.046
FT4
Quartile 1 (reference)	1.000		0.011	1.000		<0.001	1.000		0.792	1.000		0.026	1.000		0.001
Quartile 2	0.976 (0.818, 1.164)	0.785		0.748 (0.626, 0.892)	0.001		0.973 (0.815, 1.162)	0.765		1.054 (0.870, 1.278)	0.590		0.956 (0.773, 1.181)	0.674
Quartile 3	0.764 (0.638, 0.915)	0.003		0.582 (0.487, 0.696)	<0.001		1.115 (0.933, 1.332)	0.230		1.167 (0.961, 1.418)	0.119		1.065 (0.861, 1.317)	0.562
Quartile 4	0.850 (0.710, 1.016)	0.074		0.514 (0.430, 0.615)	<0.001		0.932 (0.779, 1.114)	<0.001		1.221 (1.004, 1.485)	0.045		1.406 (1.140, 1.735)	0.001
FT3/FT4
Quartile 1 (reference)	1.000		<0.001	1.000		<0.001	1.000		0.046	1.000		0.318	1.000		0.527
Quartile 2	1.113 (0.927, 1.338)	0.251		1.317 (1.102, 1.573)	0.002		1.226 (1.026, 1.465)	0.025		0.823 (0.677, 1.001)	0.051		0.943 (0.766, 1.161)	0.580
Quartile 3	1.377 (1.148, 1.651)	0.001		1.701 (1.423, 2.034)	<0.001		1.348 (1.127, 1.611)	0.001		0.897 (0.736, 1.093)	0.282		0.915 (0.742, 1.130)	0.411
Quartile 4	1.600 (1.336, 1.917)	<0.001		2.047 (1.710, 2.451)	<0.001		1.178 (0.984, 1.410)	0.074		0.871 (0.715, 1.061)	0.170		0.941 (0.761, 1.163)	0.571

Model adjusting for age, BMI, and work intensity.

^aAdjusting for age and work intensity.