Table 2.

Thyroid dysfunction and dyslipidemia in different CKD stages

Variables	All patients N = 360	Stage 3 N = 144	Stage 4 N = 156	Stage 5 N = 60	P value
Thyroid status
Euthyroidism	61.4 % (221)	29.4 % (106)	24.7 % (89)	7.2 % (26)	<0.001
Subclinical hypothyroidism	27.2 % (98)	6.1 % (22)	13.9 % (50)	7.2 % (26)	<0.001
Overt hypothyroidism	8.1 % (29)	2.5 % (9)	3.3 % (12)	2.2 % (8)	0.232
Subclinical hyperthyroidism	3.3 % (12)	1.9 % (7)	1.4 % (5)	-	0.21
Hypercholesterolemia (Total cholesterol > 200 mg/dL)	34.4 % (124)	15.5 % (56)	14.1 % (51)	4.7 % (17)	0.292
Low HDL cholesterol (HDL cholesterol <40 mg/dL)	34.1 % (123)	13.3 % (48)	15.5 % (56)	5.2 % (19)	0.811
Undesirable LDL cholesterol (LDL cholesterol > 100 mg/dL)	35 % (126)	15.5 % (56)	13.8 % (50)	5.5 % (20)	0.443
Hypertriglyceridemia (Triglyceride > 200 mg/dL)	36.6 % (132)	13.8 % (50)	16.6 % (60)	6.1 % (22)	0.798

The data is presented as percentage (number). P value was calculated among CKD stages 3–5 for different variables using chi square test at 95 % confidence interval