Table 4.

Relationship between thyroid hormone sensitivity and EBG in different age stratification.

Age	Variables	EBG
		OR (95% CI)1	P-value	OR (95% CI)2	P-value
≤60	TSHI	0.88 (0.87-0.89)	< 0.001	0.93 (0.92-0.95)	< 0.001
	T1	Reference		Reference
	T2	0.58 (0.56-0.60)	< 0.001	0.81 (0.77-0.84)	< 0.001
	T3	0.69 (0.66-0.72)	< 0.001	0.81 (0.78-0.85)	< 0.001
	TT4RI	0.99 (0.99-0.99)	< 0.001	0.99 (0.99-0.99)	< 0.001
	T1	Reference		Reference
	T2	0.50 (0.48-0.52)	< 0.001	0.73 (0.70-0.76)	< 0.001
	T3	0.59 (0.57-0.61)	< 0.001	0.76 (0.72-0.79)	< 0.001
	PTFQI	0.63 (0.61-0.66)	< 0.001	0.79 (0.76-0.83)	< 0.001
	T1	Reference		Reference
	T2	0.61 (0.58-0.63)	< 0.001	0.82 (0.78-0.85)	< 0.001
	T3	0.68 (0.66-0.71)	< 0.001	0.81 (0.77-0.84)	< 0.001
	TFQI	0.77 (0.74-0.80)	< 0.001	0.86 (0.82-0.90)	< 0.001
	T1	Reference		Reference
	T2	0.78 (0.75-0.81)	< 0.001	0.93 (0.89-0.96)	< 0.001
	T3	0.80 (0.77-0.83)	< 0.001	0.86 (0.82-0.90)	< 0.001
	FT3/FT4	1.25 (1.24-1.27)	< 0.001	1.08 (1.06-1.10)	< 0.001
	T1	Reference		Reference
	T2	0.55 (0.53-0.57)	< 0.001	0.69 (0.66-0.72)	< 0.001
	T3	1.10 (1.05-1.14)	< 0.001	0.93 (0.89-0.97)	0.001
>60	TSHI	0.85 (0.84-0.86)	< 0.001	0.91 (0.90-0.92)	< 0.001
	T1	Reference		Reference
	T2	0.55 (0.53-0.56)	< 0.001	0.78 (0.75-0.80)	< 0.001
	T3	0.63 (0.61-0.64)	< 0.001	0.76 (0.73-0.78)	< 0.001
	TT4RI	0.99 (0.99-0.99)	< 0.001	0.99 (0.99-0.99)	< 0.001
	T1	Reference		Reference
	T2	0.48 (0.46-0.49)	< 0.001	0.72 (0.70-0.75)	< 0.001
	T3	0.53 (0.52-0.55)	< 0.001	0.70 (0.68-0.72)	< 0.001
	PTFQI	0.58 (0.56-0.60)	< 0.001	0.74 (0.72-0.77)	< 0.001
	T1	Reference		Reference
	T2	0.60 (0.59-0.62)	< 0.001	0.83 (0.80-0.86)	< 0.001
	T3	0.64 (0.62-0.66)	< 0.001	0.78 (0.76-0.80)	< 0.001
	TFQI	0.69 (0.67-0.71)	< 0.001	0.80 (0.77-0.83)	< 0.001
	T1	Reference		Reference
	T2	0.76 (0.74-0.79)	< 0.001	0.92 (0.89-0.94)	< 0.001
	T3	0.74 (0.72-0.77)	< 0.001	0.83 (0.81-0.86)	< 0.001
	FT3/FT4	1.25 (1.24-1.27)	< 0.001	1.08 (1.06-1.09)	< 0.001
	T1	Reference		Reference
	T2	0.54 (0.53-0.56)	< 0.001	0.70 (0.68-0.72)	< 0.001
	T3	1.28 (1.24-1.31)	< 0.001	1.03 (0.99-1.06)	0.076

¹Model 1: adjusted for sex;

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