Table 3.

Associations Between Throid Hormones and Other Cardiovascular Risk Parameters

	TSH		fT3		TT3		fT4		fT3:fT4
Dependent variable	β	p	β	p	β	p	β	p	β	p
IL-6	0.02	0.04*	0.04	0.07	0.11	<0.0001‡	−0.06	0.004†	0.09	<0.0001‡
hs-CRP	0.04	0.07	0.07	0.001‡	0.35	<0.0001‡	−0.12	<0.0001‡	0.16	<0.0001‡
Pulse wave velocity	0.06	0.1	0.09	<0.0001‡	0.09	<0.0001‡	0.02	0.4	0.07	<0.0001‡

Reported values are betas and results from linear regression analysis with cardiovascular risk parameters as dependent variables and thyroid parameters as independent variables. Betas are scaled; an adjustment for age, height, current smoking, and sex was performed. Significant associations are indicated in bold.

^*0.01<p≤0.05; ^†0.001<p≤0.01; ^‡p≤0.001.