Table 3.

Correlation analysis of thyroid function and serum lipid parameters in total patients and euthyroidic patients

total patients		LogTC	LogTG	LogLDL	LogHDL
FT3	Unadjusted	r = -0.125	r = -0.010	r = -0.053	r = -0.132
		P = 0.003	P = 0.810	P = 0.212	P = 0.002
	Adjusted*	r = -0.122	r = -0.021	r = -0.057	r = -0.098
		P = 0.007	P = 0.646	P = 0.210	P = 0.030
FT4	Unadjusted	r = -0.190	r = -0.046	r = -0.084	r = -0.184
		P = 0.000	P = 0.269	P = 0.047	P = 0.000
	Adjusted*	r = -0.197	r = -0.035	r = -0.105	r = -0.176
		P = 0.000	P = 0.442	P = 0.021	P = 0.000
TSH	Unadjusted	r = 0.160	r = 0.085	r = 0.047	r = 0.102
		P = 0.000	P = 0.044	P = 0.269	P = 0.015
	Adjusted*	r = 0.146	r = 0.051	r = 0.074	r = 0.069
		P = 0.001	P = 0.261	P = 0.103	P = 0.131
	Adjusted**	r = 0.095	r = 0.044	r = 0.048	r = 0.020
		P = 0.036	P = 0.337	P = 0.295	P = 0.658
euthyroidic patients		LogTC	LogTG	LogLDL	LogHDL
FT3	Unadjusted	r = -0.150	r = -0.113	r = -0.102	r = 0.052
		P = 0.001	P = 0.015	P = 0.029	P = 0.269
	Adjusted*	r = -0.190	r = -0.072	r = -0.141	r = -0.031
		P = 0.000	P = 0.153	P = 0.005	P = 0.537
FT4	Unadjusted	r = -0.012	r = -0.043	r = -0.008	r = 0.140
		P = 0.004	P = 0.355	P = 0.859	P = 0.003
	Adjusted*	r = -0.011	r = -0.057	r = -0.020	r = 0.120
		P = 0.003	P = 0.255	P = 0.690	P = 0.017
TSH	Unadjusted	r = 0.055	r = 0.199	r = 0.003	r = 0.002
		P = 0.040	P = 0.000	P = 0.955	P = 0.974
	Adjusted*	r = 0.050	r = 0.185	r = 0.012	r = -0.010
		P = 0.018	P = 0.001	P = 0.815	P = 0.847
	Adjusted**	r = 0.049	r = 0.190	r = 0.011	r = -0.019
		P = 0.027	P = 0.007	P = 0.821	P = 0.707

TC, TG, LDL, and HDL were transformed to their natural logarithm to optimize the models. P-values less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant.

* Adjusted for sex, age, smoking status and FPG.

** Adjusted for sex, age, smoking status, FPG and thyroid hormones.