Body Mass Index Is Associated with Hypercholesterolemia following Thyroid Hormone Withdrawal in Thyroidectomized Patients

Table 1

Clinical and metabolic characteristics of the 61 patients.

	Mean ± SD
Sex (M/F)	14/47
Age (yr)	49±11
Body mass index (kg/m^2)	23.9±3.3
Preoperative total cholesterol (mg/dL)	194.8±39.8
Total cholesterol elevation (mg/dL)	54.2±42.6
TSH (LT4-off) (mU/L)	82.4±41.3
T3 (LT4-off) (ng/mL)	0.5±0.3
Free T4 (LT4-off) (ng/dL)	0.5±0.2

TSH: thyroid stimulating hormone.