Association between Lower Normal Free Thyroxine Concentrations and Obesity Phenotype in Healthy Euthyroid Subjects

Table 2

Age-adjusted Pearson’s correlation coefficients of FT4 and TSH with clinical variables.

	FT4*		TSH*
	Men	Women	Men	Women
Age	−0.15^‡	−0.03	0.03	0.06^‡
BMI (kg/m^2)	−0.14^‡	−0.12^‡	−0.01	−0.05^‡
WC (cm)	−0.14^‡	−0.09^‡	−0.02	−0.03
SBP (mmHg)	−0.01	−0.01	0.001	−0.02
DBP (mmHg)	0.002	−0.01	0.03	−0.01
Heart rate (beat/min)	0.06^‡	0.07^‡	−0.04^†	−0.06^‡
TC (mg/dL)	0.05^‡	0.04	0.02	0.05^‡
TG (mg/dL)*	−0.05^‡	−0.14^‡	0.08^‡	0.04^†
HDL-C (mg/dL)	0.09^‡	0.09^‡	−0.03	−0.003
FPG (mg/dL)	−0.04^†	−0.02	0.03	0.02
FPI (U/L)*	−0.18^‡	−0.17^‡	0.01	−0.07^‡
HOMA-IR*	−0.17^‡	−0.16^‡	0.02	−0.05^‡
hsCRP*	−0.07^‡	−0.06^‡	−0.03	−0.03

∗Tested by log-transformed; ^†𝑃<0.05; ^‡𝑃<0.01.