The Effect of Thyroid Dysfunction on the Cardiovascular Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients in Ghana

Table 3

Pearson bivariate correlation between ten-year coronary heart disease risk and independent variables.

Test parameters	Framingham	UKPDS
Waist circumference	0.12 (0.061)	−0.08 (0.42)
Glycated hemoglobin, HbA1c	0.51 (0.041)	0.42 (<0.0001)
Total cholesterol	0.49 (0.0001)	0.14 (<0.51)
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol	0.37 (<0.0001)	0.10 (0.04)
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol	0.02 (0.21)	−0.06 (0.12)
Triglycerides	0.12 (0.02)	0.11 (0.06)
Systolic blood pressure	0.12 (0.12)	0.10 (0.04)
Thyroid stimulating hormone	0.27 (0.0006)	0.32 (0.02)
Free triiodothyronine	0.07 (0.23)	0.10 (0.34)
Free thyroxine	0.11 (0.09)	0.13 (0.15)