[Table/Fig-2]:

Parameters of patients compared with controls

Parameters	Controls	Patients	p Value
FT4	1.35±0.05	0.36±0.02	0.0001**
HDL - C	41.1±0.78	30.54±0.88	0.0001**
LDL - C	105.9±2.32	159.10±4.91	0.0001**
LDL/HDL - C	2.62±0.08	5.09±0.23	0.0001**
Lp(a)	18.65±0.72	27.02±0.58	0.0001**
non-HDL	128.55±2.61	201.06±5.15	0.0001**
TOTAL CHOLESTEROL	169.65±2.59	232.12±5.12	0.0001**
TRIGLYCERIDES	112.95±4.49	219.34±9.16	0.0001**
TSH	2.14±0.09	47.82±4.39	0.0001**
VLDL	22.59±0.89	43.86±1.83	0.0001**

*Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed)

NS: Not significant,**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed)