Table 5.

Relationship between thyroid hormone sensitivity and EBG in different sexes and different ages.

Sex	Age	Variables	EBG
			OR(95% CI)1	P-value	OR (95% CI)2	P-value
Males	≤60	TSHI	0.90 (0.89-0.92)	< 0.001	0.94 (0.92-0.96)	< 0.001
		TT4RI	0.99 (0.99-0.99)	< 0.001	0.99 (0.99-1.00)	0.05
		TFQI	0.84 (0.80-0.89)	< 0.001	0.90 (0.85-0.95)	< 0.001
		PTFQI	0.69 (0.65-0.73)	< 0.001	0.81 (0.77-0.86)	< 0.001
		FT3/FT4	1.22 (1.19-1.24)	< 0.001	1.07 (1.05-1.09)	< 0.001
	>60	TSHI	0.88 (0.87-0.89)	< 0.001	0.91 (0.90-0.93)	< 0.001
		TT4RI	0.99 (0.99-0.99)	< 0.001	0.99 (0.99-0.99)	< 0.001
		TFQI	0.77 (0.73-0.80)	< 0.001	0.79 (0.75-0.83)	< 0.001
		PTFQI	0.65 (0.63-0.68)	< 0.001	0.75 (0.71-0.78)	< 0.001
		FT3/FT4	1.22 (1.20-1.24)	< 0.001	1.08 (1.06-1.10)	< 0.001
Females	≤60	TSHI	0.86 (0.84-0.87)	< 0.001	0.93 (0.91-0.95)	< 0.001
		TT4RI	0.99 (0.99-0.99)	< 0.001	0.99 (0.99-0.99)	< 0.001
		TFQI	0.68 (0.63-0.72)	< 0.001	0.82 (0.77-0.89)	< 0.001
		PTFQI	0.56 (0.53-0.60)	< 0.001	0.78 (0.73-0.84)	< 0.001
		FT3/FT4	1.30 (1.27-1.33)	< 0.001	1.09 (1.06-1.12)	< 0.001
	>60	TSHI	0.82 (0.81-0.83)	< 0.001	0.90 (0.89-0.92)	< 0.001
		TT4RI	0.99 (0.99-0.99)	< 0.001	0.99 (0.99-0.99)	< 0.001
		TFQI	0.63 (0.60-0.65)	< 0.001	0.82 (0.78-0.85)	< 0.001
		PTFQI	0.52 (0.50-0.55)	< 0.001	0.75 (0.72-0.79)	< 0.001
		FT3/FT4	1.28 (1.27-1.30)	< 0.001	1.07 (1.05-1.08)	< 0.001

¹Model 1: unadjusted;

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