Table 3.

β coefficients and 95% CI of multivariate linear models that evaluated ln(hs-CRP) as outcome and ln(TSH) (mIU/l) as dependent variable

	SCH and euthyroid subjects (n = 12,284)
	crude	model 1	model 2	model 3
ln(TSH)	0.047 (0.012–0.081)	0.057 (0.022–0.092)	0.057 (0.024–0.091)	0.024 (–0.008–0.055)
p value	0.008	0.001	0.001	0.145

Model 1 – adjusted for age, sex and race; model 2 – model 1 plus hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, smoking, low HDL cholesterol, hypertriglyceridemia, and CKD; model 3 – model 2, plus BMI (continuous) and insulin resistance.