Research Article
Free Triiodothyronine and Cholesterol Levels in Euthyroid Elderly T2DM Patients
Table 2
Clinical parameters recorded in the IT and OHA patients: none of them differs significantly between subgroups.
| | IT subgroup | OHA subgroup | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
| Age (years) | 76.2 | 4.9 | 76.5 | 5.2 | BMI (Kg/m2) | 30.9 | 6.4 | 31.9 | 7.9 | Dis-Dur (years) | 5.01 | 2.80 | 4.13 | 2.47 | HbA1c (%) | 8.0 | 2.5 | 7.9 | 2.1 | TC (mg/dL) | 184.6 | 41.6 | 191.0 | 40.3 | HDL-C (mg/dL) | 46.1 | 13.2 | 48.6 | 14.8 | LDL-C (mg/dL) | 107.5 | 35.1 | 113.2 | 36.2 | TG (mg/dL) | 150.2 | 67.5 | 144.1 | 74.4 | SBP (mmHg) | 137.1 | 16.6 | 135.7 | 16.6 | DBP (mmHg) | 73.8 | 12.4 | 75.4 | 11.1 | FT3 (pg/mL) | 2.73 | 0.94 | 2.80 | 0.65 | FT4 (pg/mL) | 11.9 | 2.1 | 12.8 | 7.1 | TSH (mU/L) | 1.45 | 1.40 | 1.37 | 1.29 |
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