Impact of Weight Reduction on Thyroid Function and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver among Egyptian Adolescents with Obesity

Table 3

Correlation between different clinical and laboratory variables.

Variables	ΔBMI (z-score)	ΔTSH	ΔT4	ΔHbA1c	ΔTG	Δcholesterol	ΔHDL	ΔLDL	ΔALT
Age	−0.161	−0.090	−0.113	−0.115	−0.405	−0.403	0.111	−0.299	−0.219
ΔBMI (z-score)	—	0.610	0.353	0.373	0.343	0.487	−0.330	0.407	0.416
ΔTSH	—	—	0.561	0.511	0.493	0.588	−0.273	0.536	0.446
ΔT4	—	—	—	0.484	0.339	0.168	−0.238	0.302	0.439
ΔHbA1c	—	—	—	—	0.387	0.455	−0.158	0.347	0.403
ΔTG	—	—	—	—	—	0.786	−0.115	0.792	0.579
Δcholesterol	—	—	—	—	—	—	−0.134	0.787	0.463
ΔHDL	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	−0.323	−0.468
ΔLDL	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.659

values are based on Pearson’s correlation coefficient. Statistical significance at . Δ, the overall change in the given value. Bold represents the significant improvement after weight reduction measures.