Table 4.

Odds ratios of at least 1 DM medication use with LT4 use, stratified by age and sex (site 3)

	Female			Male
Age group	OR	95% CI	P value	OR	95% CI	P value
18-30	2.49	(2.32-2.69)	<.0001	2.87	(2.47-3.33)	<.0001
31-40	1.66	(1.58-1.74)	<.0001	1.69	(1.52-1.86)	<.0001
41-50	1.30	(1.25-1.35)	<.0001	1.37	(1.28-1.47)	<.0001
51-60	1.21	(1.17-1.24)	<.0001	1.26	(1.20-1.32)	<.0001
61-70	1.17	(1.14-1.20)	<.0001	1.27	(1.22-1.33)	<.0001
Over 70 years	1.22	(1.20-1.26)	<.0001	1.25	(1.20-1.30)	<.0001
Total	1.69	(1.67-1.72)	<.0001	1.69	(1.66-1.73)	<.0001

Raw data are shown elsewhere (Table S9 [18]).

Abbreviations; DM, diabetes mellitus; LT4, levothyroxine; OR, odds ratio.