Table 4.

Backward multiple regression between TSH and significant predictors found after simple linear correlation

Model a	R	R square	Adjusted R square	Std. error of the estimate	F	Durbin-Watson	p-value
1	0.211b	0.044	0.031	0.85480	3.289	--	0.012b
2	0.196c	0.038	0.028	0.85602	3.771	1.971	0.011c

^a:Criterion variable: TSH mUI/ml;

^b:Predictors (constant), PRL, LBM, TC, insulin;

^c:Predictors (constant), PRL, TC, insulin