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

Table 4

Different serial change of lipid profile according to BMI of 23 kg/m².

	BMI < 23; (𝑛=21)	BMI ≥ 23; (𝑛=40)	𝑃 value
Mean age (yr)				39.9±10.5	53.1±9.2	0.001
Sex			0.244
Female (%)	18 (38.3)	29 (61.7)
Male (%)	3 (21.4)	11 (78.6)
Preoperative serum glucose (mg/dL)	88.2±11.8	90.2±13.9	0.571
Preoperative cholesterol (mg/dL)	186.0±35.0	199.4±41.8	0.224
Preoperative uric acid (mg/dL)	4.4±1.2	5.1±1.6	0.12
ΔCholesterol (mg/dL)	40.2±37.0	61.5±43.9	0.068
TSH (LT4-off) (mU/L)	88.4±39.7	79.3±42.3	0.427
Total cholesterol (LT4-off) (mg/dL)	226.1±43.8	260.8±61.2	0.015
LDL-C (LT4-off) (mg/dL)	146.1±36.3	178.5±55.6	0.025
HDL-C (LT4-off) (mg/dL)	56.6±13.5	56.1±13.0	0.899
Triglyceride (LT4-off) (mg/dL)	112.6±37.3	138.5±60.1	0.092
F/U cholesterol (1) (mg/dL)	176.2±26.8	192.6±32.5	0.059
F/U cholesterol (2) (mg/dL)	179.9±25.4	179.1±38.4	0.951

TSH: thyroid stimulating hormone; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; F/U: follow up.