Table 2.

Baseline thyroid function tests and comparison of thyroid autoantibody levels between hypothyroid patients with and without metabolic syndrome

Thyroid tests	(+) Metabolic syndrome (n = 61)	(-) Metabolic syndrome (n = 90)	p
Thyroid function tests  TSH (mIU/mL), median (IQR)  FT4 (ng/dL), median (IQR)	67.8 (90.5) 0.63 (0.93)	68.0 (72.0) 0.54 (0.64)	- -
Thyroid autoantibodies  Anti-TPO (IU/mL), median (IQR)  Autoantibody positive, n (%)	9.9 (18.8) 10 (18.5%)	9.4 (9.3) 11 (13.4%)	0.478* 0.420**

^*Student’s t test

^**Chi square test