International Journal of Endocrinology

Research Article

Serum Thyrotropin Is Positively Correlated with the Metabolic Syndrome Components of Obesity and Dyslipidemia in Chinese Adolescents

Table 2

Comparison of the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its components in groups with different serum TSH levels.


	TSH (mIU/L)
	<1.01 ()	1.01–5.73 ()	>5.73 ()

Overweight/obesity
Prevalence (%)	30.4	22.0	50.0	0.002
OR	1.470	Ref.	3.444*	0.002
Hyperglycemia
Prevalence (%)	4.2	6.4	10.3	0.621
OR	0.615	Ref.	2.636	0.621
Hypertension
Prevalence (%)	16.7	17.6	10.7	0.633
OR	0.853	Ref.	0.362	0.633
Low HDL-C
Prevalence (%)	54.2	46.3	53.6	0.574
OR	1.346	Ref.	1.052	0.574
High TG
Prevalence (%)	8.3	9.8	13.8	0.754
OR	0.831	Ref.	1.246	0.754
Metabolic syndrome
Prevalence (%)	8.7	7.7	14.3	0.449
OR	1.117	Ref.	1.128	0.449

Ref. is control group; compared with euthyroid group, ; the prevalence of overweight/obesity, after adjusting for age, gender, and HOMA-IR; others, after adjusting for age, gender, HOMA-IR, and BMI.