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

Table 3

Comparison of serum TSH levels in different components of metabolic syndrome between the case and control groups.

	Overweight/obesity	Hyperglycemia	Hypertension	Low HDL-C	High TG	Metabolic syndrome
TSH (mIU/L)
Case group	2.57 (2.01–3.70)	2.62 (2.01–3.45)	2.61 (1.97–3.55)	2.58 (2.00–3.60)	2.76 (2.13–3.77)	2.65 (2.28–3.80)
Control group	2.55 (1.91–3.41)	2.55 (1.92–3.46)	2.50 (1.92–3.45)	2.50 (1.85–3.34)	2.50 (1.90–3.42)	2.53 (1.92–3.45)
	0.026*	0.481	0.314	0.151	0.037*	0.032*

Data are presented as median (interquartile range); ; MS and its components, after adjusting for age and gender.