Table 3.

Outcomes in the relationship between RA and thyroid dysfunction from the logistic regression analysis.

	P	OR*	95%CI
Thyroid dysfunction	< 0.001	3.03	1.68–5.48
Hyperthyroidism	0.001	11.30	2.54–50.29
Overt Hyperthyroidism	0.012	7.75	1.56–38.59
Hypothyroidism	0.007	2.35	1.26–4.40
Overt Hypothyroidism	< 0.001	17.95	4.88–66.01
Subclinical thyroid dysfunction#	0.340	1.41	0.69–2.89
Subclinical Hypothyroidism	0.555	1.25	0.60–2.61

^*Adjusted factors in the logistic regression analysis included age, gender and hypertension.

^#Subclinical thyroid dysfunction included subclinical hyperthyroidism and subclinical hypothyroidism.