Table 2.

Age- and sex-adjusted Pearson correlation coefficients between baseline TSH and free thyroxine concentrations with cardiovascular disease risk factors at baseline and changes during the follow-up

Parameters	TSH	Free thyroxine
Values at baseline
Body mass index	0·02	0·05†
Systolic blood pressure	0·003	−0·03
Diastolic blood pressure	0·01	−0·04*
Fasting plasma glucose	0·01	−0·03
Total cholesterol	0·04*	0·04*
HDL cholesterol	0·04*	0·09‡
Triglycerides§	0·07‡	0·02
Changes in the parameters¶
Body mass index	−0·04	−0·03
Systolic blood pressure	−0·02	−0·02
Diastolic blood pressure	0·002	0·007
Fasting plasma glucose	−0·04*	−0·01
Total cholesterol	−0·005	−0·005
HDL cholesterol	−0·008	−0·01
Triglycerides§	−0·04*	−0·02

^*P < 0·05.

^†P < 0·01.

^‡P < 0·001.

^§Natural logarithmically transformed to enhance the normalization of the skewed distributions.

^¶Baseline values were subtracted from the follow-up values.

HDL, high-density lipoprotein; TSH, thyrotropin.