Table 3.

Relationship between thyroid hormone sensitivity and EBG in different sexes.

Sex	Variables	EBG
		OR (95% CI)1	P-value	OR (95% CI)2	P-value
Males	TSHI	0.89 (0.88-0.90)	< 0.001	0.92 (0.91-0.94)	< 0.001
	T1	Reference		Reference
	T2	0.60 (0.58-0.62)	< 0.001	0.78 (0.76-0.81)	< 0.001
	T3	0.73 (0.71-0.76)	< 0.001	0.78 (0.76-0.81)	< 0.001
	TT4RI	0.99 (0.99-0.99)	< 0.001	0.99 (0.99-0.99)	< 0.001
	T1	Reference		Reference
	T2	0.55 (0.53-0.56)	< 0.001	0.73 (0.71-0.76)	< 0.001
	T3	0.63 (0.61-0.65)	< 0.001	0.74 (0.72-0.77)	< 0.001
	PTFQI	0.67 (0.64-0.69)	< 0.001	0.77 (0.74-0.80)	< 0.001
	T1	Reference		Reference
	T2	0.63 (0.61-0.65)	< 0.001	0.79 (0.77-0.82)	< 0.001
	T3	0.73 (0.71-0.76)	< 0.001	0.79 (0.76-0.81)	< 0.001
	TFQI	0.80 (0.77-0.82)	< 0.001	0.83 (0.80-0.86)	< 0.001
	T1	Reference		Reference
	T2	0.79 (0.76-0.81)	< 0.001	0.90 (0.87-0.93)	< 0.001
	T3	0.86 (0.83-0.88)	< 0.001	0.85 (0.82-0.88)	< 0.001
	FT3/FT4	1.21 (1.20-1.23)	< 0.001	1.08 (1.06-1.09)	< 0.001
	T1	Reference		Reference
	T2	0.56 (0.54-0.58)	< 0.001	0.68 (0.66-0.71)	< 0.001
	T3	1.09 (1.05-1.12)	< 0.001	0.96 (0.93-0.99)	0.24
Females	TSHI	0.83 (0.82-0.84)	< 0.001	0.91 (0.90-0.92)	< 0.001
	T1	Reference		Reference
	T2	0.52 (0.51-0.54)	< 0.001	0.80 (0.77-0.83)	< 0.001
	T3	0.57 (0.56,0.59)	< 0.001	0.78 (0.75-0.81)	< 0.001
	TT4RI	0.99 (0.99-0.99)	< 0.001	0.99 (0.99-0.99)	< 0.001
	T1	Reference		Reference
	T2	0.44 (0.42-0.45)	< 0.001	0.73 (0.70-0.76)	< 0.001
	T3	0.49 (0.47-0.50)	< 0.001	0.71 (0.68-0.73)	< 0.001
	PTFQI	0.54 (0.52-0.56)	< 0.001	0.76 (0.73-0.79)	< 0.001
	T1	Reference		Reference
	T2	0.59 (0.57-0.61)	< 0.001	0.87 (0.84-0.90)	< 0.001
	T3	0.58 (0.57-0.61)	< 0.001	0.81 (0.78-0.84)	< 0.001
	TFQI	0.64 (0.62-0.67)	< 0.001	0.82 (0.78-0.85)	< 0.001
	T1	Reference		Reference
	T2	0.75 (0.72-0.77)	< 0.001	0.94 (0.91-0.98)	0.001
	T3	0.68 (0.65-0.70)	< 0.001	0.85 (0.82-0.88)	< 0.001
	FT3/FT4	1.29 (1.27-1.30)	< 0.001	1.07 (1.06-1.09)	< 0.001
	T1	Reference		Reference
	T2	0.54 (0.53-0.56)	< 0.001	0.72 (0.70-0.75)	< 0.001
	T3	1.35 (1.30-1.39)	< 0.001	1.02 (0.98-1.05)	0.40

¹Model 1: adjusted for age;

²Model 2: adjusted for age, sex, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, smoking, drinking, current antihypertensive medication, current antilipidemic medication.