Association of Lipids with Oxidative Stress Biomarkers in Subclinical Hypothyroidism

Table 1

Clinical and laboratory data of study participants.

	Control	Subclinical hypothyroidism
n	20	20
Age (years)	47.20 ± 11.73	49.12 ± 10.85
Male (%)	50	50
BMI (Kg/m^2)	21.30 ± 3.65	23.70 ± 3.20
TC (mmol/L)	4.28 ± 0.37	6.42 ± 0.84*
HDL (mmol/L)	1.51 ± 0.27	1.01 ± 0.19
LDL (mmol/L)	2.05 ± 0.43	4.61 ± 0.95*
TG (mmol/L)	1.72 ± 0.40	2.03 ± 0.69
TC/HDL	0.09 ± 0.03	0.16 ± 0.05*
TSH (mIU/L)	1.71 ± 0.78	11.62 ± 2.33*
T3 (nmol/L)	1.26 ± 0.23	1.15 ± 0.70
fT4 (pmol/L)	18.70 ± 5.54	19.09 ± 5.67

Data are expressed as mean ± SD. *P < 0.001. BMI: body mass index; TC: total cholesterol; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein; TG: triglyceride; TSH: thyroid-stimulating hormone; T3: triiodothyronine; fT4: free thyroxine.