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. 2008 Mar-Apr;28(2):96–101. doi: 10.5144/0256-4947.2008.96

Table 3.

Spearman correlation coefficients between serum thyrotropin concentration and other parameters in all participants.

Serum TSH concentration
r P

Total cholesterol 0.52 <.001

LDL-C 0.49 <.001

TC/HDL-C 0.38 .002

LDL-C/HDL-C 0.36 .004

Total homocysteine 0.55 <.001

TSH, serum thyrotropin; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C, highdensity lipoprotein cholesterol.