Table 6.

Relationships of DIO3 and THRB ΔCT with BMI, weight and central obesity of study participants*

	DIO3 ΔCT		THRB ΔCT
	βC	P valueA	βC	P valueB
BMI
Crude	− 0.365	0.022	0.382	0.017
Adjusted	− 0.315	0.050	0.302	0.054
Weight
Crude	− 0.323	0.045	0.371	0.020
Adjusted	− 0.300	0.061	0.307	0.056
Central obesity
Crude	− 0.300	0.063	0.260	0.110
Adjusted	− 0.247	0.143	0.213	0.200

Multiple linear regression and simple linear regression were used to study the linear relationship between variables

^AAdjusted for red meat consumption and smoking

^BAdjusted for NSAID use, consumption of vitamin D and colon cancer family history

^Cβ refers to the standardized coefficient

−Confounders with P < 0.2 included in the adjusted analysis