Are Plasma Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Levels Associated with Degree of Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome in Euthyroid Obese Patients? A Turkish Cohort Study

Table 3

Comparison of plasma TSH levels in subgroups. Results were given as 𝑃 value in each column. A 𝑃 value of 0.05 was taken as the level of significance.

	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Control
Group 1	—	0.39	0.29	0.07	0.09	0.34
Group 2	0.39	—	0.43	0.72	0.41	0.69
Group 3	0.29	0.43	—	0.67	0.49	0.12
Group 4	0.07	0.72	0.67	—	0.21	0.29
Group 5	0.09	0.41	0.49	0.21	—	0.36
Control	0.34	0.69	0.12	0.29	0.36	—