Table 3.
Association between patient characteristics and overt hypothyroidism in the study group (Logistic regression analysis)
| Odds ratio | Confidence interval | Significance | |
| Gender | 2.121 | (1.912 – 2.241) | 0.01 |
| Smoking status | 0.319 | (0.112–2.311) | 0.256 |
| Age | 0.223 | (0.112–1.106) | 0.141 |
| Alcohol consumption | 0.418 | (0.817–3.222) | 0.067 |
| Waist circumference | 2.112 | (0.221–2.167) | 0.296 |
| Systolic blood pressure | 0.265 | (0.522–2.977) | 0.067 |
| Diastolic blood pressure | 1.911 | (0.481–3.219) | 0.413 |
| Total cholesterol | 0.144 | (0.544–3.227) | 0.129 |
| Triglycerides | 0.671 | (0.511–1.371) | 0.133 |
| HDL cholesterol | 1.117 | (0.283–2.947) | 0.216 |
| Fasting blood Sugar | 0.591 | (0.687–1.395) | 0.164 |
| HsCRP | 0.431 | (0.586–1.223) | 0.061 |