Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the studied population

	%	Mean ± SD	Range
Sex (men)	40.5
Age (years)		43.9 ± 9	34.9–52.9
BMI		26.9 ± 4.7	19.0–43.3
Waist-to-hip Ratio		0.87 ± 0.12	0.52–1.39
Hypertension	19.3
Dyslipidemia	41
Family history of hypertension	43
Smoking	42
TSH (mU/L)		1.6 ± 1.01	0.1–8.0
fT4 (pmol/L)		17.8 ± 2.2	11.5–25.2
fT4.TSH product		26.4 ± 15.8	1.04–92
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)		119.7 ± 20.3	85–195
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)		77.2 ± 12.3	55–120
HOMA-IR index		1.88 ± 1.4	0.4–11.0