Metabolic Syndrome and Subclinical Hypothyroidism: A Type 2 Diabetes-Dependent Association

Table 4

Metabolic risk factors for subclinical hypothyroidism in adults from Maracaibo City, Venezuela.

	Model 1				Model 2
	Odds Ratio; (IC 95)		Adjusted Odds Ratio (IC 95)		Adjusted Odds Ratio (IC 95)
High Abdominal Circumference
Absent	1,00	-	1,00	-	1,00	-
Present	1,23 (0,57 - 2,68)	0,60	0,67 (0,28 - 1,61)	0,37	0,71 (0,29 - 1,75)	0,46
High Blood Pressure
Absent	1,00	-	1,00	-	1,00	-
Present	1,64 (1,35 - 1,99)	<0,01	0,91 (0,42 - 1,94)	0,80	0,87 (0,41 - 1,87)	0,73
Low HDL-C
Absent	1,00	-	1,00	-	1,00	-
Present	1,18 (0,61 - 2,31)	0,62	1,01 (0,48 - 2,10)	0,99	0,99 (0,47 - 2,09)	0,99
High triacylglycerides
Absent	1,00	-	1,00	-	1,00	-
Present	1,72 (0,87 - 3,39)	0,12	1,32 (0,62 - 2,84)	0,47	1,33 (0,61 - 2,88)	0,47
Hyperglycaemia
Absent	1,00	-	1,00	-	-	-
Present	3,23 (1,61 - 6,51)	< 0,01	2,20 (1,00 - 4,89)	0,05	-	-
Glycemic status
Normoglycemic	1,00	-	-	-	1,00	-
Impaired Fasting Glucose	2,29 (0,87 - 5,99)	0,09	-	-	1,31 (0,39 - 4,42)	0,67
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus	4,47 (1,88 - 10,66)	< 0,01	-	-	3,22 (1,14 - 9,14)	0,03

IDF/AHA/NHLBI/WHF/IASO-2009 criteria with a confidence interval of 95%, b level of significance. Model 1: sex, age groups, socioeconomic status, and metabolic syndrome components. Model 2: similar adjust with specific glycemic status and insulin resistance.