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. 2016 Oct 1;26(10):1441–1449. doi: 10.1089/thy.2016.0055

Table 2.

Significant Univariate Correlations Between TSH, Thyroid Hormones, and Metabolic Parameters

  TSH fT4 fT3 fT3:fT4 ratio
Dependent variable r p r p r p r p
Age −0.10* 0.0009 0.04 0.2166 −0.30* <0.0001 −0.23* <0.0001
BMI Z-score 0.08 0.008 −0.12* <0.0001 0.03 0.2544 0.12* <0.0001
SBP 0.11* 0.0004 −0.06 0.0335 0.08 0.0061 0.10* 0.0005
Total cholesterol 0.12* <0.0001 −0.13* <0.0001 −0.09 0.0035 0.06 0.0401
HDL cholesterol 0.01 0.8473 −0.002 0.9535 −0.16* <0.0001 −0.11* 0.0002
Triglycerides 0.12 0.0067 −0.18* <0.0001 0.17* <0.0001 0.27* <0.0001
Apolipoprotein B 0.14 0.0013 −0.10 0.0141 0.001 0.9719 0.10 0.0259
Fasting glucose 0.16* <0.0001 −0.04 0.1823 0.20* <0.0001 0.16* <0.0001
Fasting insulin 0.13 0.0020 −0.15* 0.0006 0.12 0.0045 0.211* <0.0001
2 h glucose 0.18* 0.0002 −0.10 0.0405 0.16* 0.0008 0.20* <0.0001
HOMA-IR 0.15* 0.0004 −0.15* 0.0007 0.14* 0.0008 0.22* <0.0001
*

p < 0.001.