Research Article
BMI Modulates the Effect of Thyroid Hormone on Lipid Profile in Euthyroid Adults
Table 1
General, anthropometric, hormonal, and metabolic parameters of the study population.
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Subjects on thyroid medications, with TPO antibodies, anti-thyroglobulin antibodies above clinical cutoff, and with TSH levels outside the reference range, were excluded from further analyses. We stratified the study group according to BMI levels: 18.5 ≤ BMI< 25 kg/m2: normal-weight group; BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2: overweight/obese group. All continuous parameters were presented as mean ± standard deviation. For skewness distribution data, median and interquartile range was used. values were calculated from one-way analysis of variance. BMI: body mass index; FT3: free triiodothyronine; FT4: free thyroxine; TSH: thyrotropin; TG: triglycerides; HDL: high-density lipoprotein; LDL: low-density lipoprotein. Significant associations are indicated in bold. was considered statistically significant. , |