Table IV.

Logistic regression analysis for predictors for overt hypothyroidism (OH)

Parameter	Odds ratio	95% Cl	p-value (* significance)
Age	0.64	0.28–1.47	0.94
F gender	0.17	0.05–0.22	0.42
Goiter	0.37	0.08–0.74	0.91
ΔhSDS	1.49	0.41–5.51	0.54
BMI Z-score	2.81	0.47–16.65	0.045
TSH level	1.45	1.03–2.04	0.003
fT4	0.14	0.01–0.66	0.82
Positivity of Abs	0.29	0.05–0.73	0.69

OH – patients with overt hypothyroidism; F – female sex; TSH – thyroid-stimulating hormone; fT4 – free thyroxine; Abs – antithyroid autoantibo-dies; hSDS – height standard deviation score; BMI – body mass index