Table 2.

Age-adjusted Pearson's correlation coefficients of FT4 and TSH with clinical variables.

	FT4*		TSH*
	Men	Women	Men	Women
Age	−0.15‡	−0.03	0.03	0.06‡
BMI (kg/m2)	−0.14‡	−0.12‡	−0.01	−0.05‡
WC (cm)	−0.14‡	−0.09‡	−0.02	−0.03
SBP (mmHg)	−0.01	−0.01	0.001	−0.02
DBP (mmHg)	0.002	−0.01	0.03	−0.01
Heart rate (beat/min)	0.06‡	0.07‡	−0.04†	−0.06‡
TC (mg/dL)	0.05‡	0.04	0.02	0.05‡
TG (mg/dL)*	−0.05‡	−0.14‡	0.08‡	0.04†
HDL-C (mg/dL)	0.09‡	0.09‡	−0.03	−0.003
FPG (mg/dL)	−0.04†	−0.02	0.03	0.02
FPI (U/L)*	−0.18‡	−0.17‡	0.01	−0.07‡
HOMA-IR*	−0.17‡	−0.16‡	0.02	−0.05‡
hsCRP*	−0.07‡	−0.06‡	−0.03	−0.03

*Tested by log-transformed; ^† P < 0.05; ^‡ P < 0.01.