Table 2.

Demographic and Clinical correlations for sialic acid and CIMT

Group	Variables	Sialic acid		CIMT
		r	P	r	P
All population	Sialic Acid	–	–	0.628	<0.001*
	CIMT	0.628	<0.001*	–	–
	Age	0.259	0.014*	0.431	<0.001*
	SBP	0.025	0.816	0.106	0.319
	DBP	0.132	0.216	0.200	0.059
	BMI	0.133	0.210	0.266	0.011*
	WHR	0.162	0.126	0.224	0.034*
	Glucose	0.171	0.106	0.152	0.153
	Total C	0.397	<0.001*	0.464	<0.001*
	HDL‐C	0.119	0.263	0.072	0.502
	LDL‐C	0.393	<0.001*	0.411	<0.001*
	TG	0.153	0.150	0.338	0.001*
	VLDL‐C	0.095	0.374	0.279	0.008*
	Creatinine	0.033	0.758	−0.108	0.310
	Uric acid	0.193	0.068	0.425	<0.001*
	hs‐CRP	0.280	0.008*	0.503	<0.001*
	Homocysteine	0.046	0.666	−0.027	0.804
	TSH	0.013	0.904	0.020	0.849
	fT4	0.019	0.857	−0.060	0.573
	fT3	0.159	0.134	0.116	0.275
	anti‐TG	−0.092	0.388	−0.012	0.914
	anti‐TPO	−0.123	0.250	−0.041	0.699
	MPV	−0.056	0.602	−0.168	0.113
Hypothyroidism	Sialic Acid	–	–	0.457	0.022*
	CIMT	0.457	0.022*	–	–
	Age	0.229	0.270	0.328	0.110
	SBP	0.179	0.391	−0.050	0.814
	DBP	0.092	0.661	−0.034	0.872
	BMI	0.176	0.399	0.083	0.694
	WHR	0.231	0.266	−0.066	0.755
	Glucose	0.360	0.077	−0.054	0.796
	Total C	0.676	<0.001*	0.699	<0.001*
	HDL‐C	0.389	0.055	0.204	0.328
	LDL‐C	0.693	<0.001*	0.639	<0.001*
	TG	0.212	0.308	0.470	0.018*
	VLDL‐C	0.130	0.536	0.352	0.085
	Creatinine	0.242	0.244	−0.307	0.136
	Uric acid	0.199	0.340	0.512	0.009*
	hs‐CRP	0.162	0.440	0.203	0.330
	Homocysteine	0.174	0.406	0.048	0.821
	TSH	0.163	0.436	0.128	0.543
	fT4	0.159	0.449	0.289	0.161
	fT3	0.050	0.814	0.001	0.995
	anti‐TG	−0.203	0.330	−0.085	0.687
	anti‐TPO	−0.020	0.923	−0.020	0.926
	MPV	0.180	0.390	−0.042	0.841

SBP, Systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; BMI, body mass index; WHR, waist–hip ratio; total C, total Cholesterol; LDL‐C, low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; VLDL‐C, very low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol; hs‐CRP, high‐sensitive C‐reactive protein; TSH, thyroid‐stimulating hormone; fT4, free thyroxine; fT3, free triiodothyronine; anti‐TG, anti‐thyroglobulin; Anti‐TPO, anti‐thyroid peroxidase; MPV, mean platelet volume; CIMT, carotid artery intima media thickness. *P < 0.05 was considered significant for statistical analyses.