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

Table 6

The relationship between TSH and the components of metabolic syndrome by multiple linear regression model.

	Model	β
Waist circumference
T	1	1.512	0.019*
N	1	1.206	0.152
BMI
T	1	0.562	0.024*
N	1	0.383	0.240
TC
T	2	0.160	0.003*
N	2	0.173	0.013*
LDL-C
T	2	0.032	0.008*
N	2	0.031	0.043*
HDL-C
T	2	−0.002	0.923
N	2	−0.020	0.379
TG
T	2	0.095	0.001*
N	2	0.132	0.021*
FPG
T	2	0.002	0.766
N	2	0.005	0.613
SBP
T	2	−0.139	0.875
N	2	1.216	0.296
DBP
T	2	0.675	0.377
N	2	1.692	0.093
FINS
T	2	−0.002	0.766
N	2	−0.005	0.613
HOMA-IR
T	3	0.010	0.745
N	3	0.017	0.679

; values of β are regression coefficients; T: total TSH; N: TSH within normal range; model 1: adjusted for age, gender, and HOMA-IR; model 2: adjusted for age, gender, HOMA-IR, and BMI; model 3: adjusted for age, gender, and BMI.