Lack of Association between Poor Glycemic Control in T2DM and Subclinical Hypothyroidism

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the euthyroid and subclinical hypothyroid type 2 DM patients.

Characteristics	Euthyroid (n = 157)		Subclinical hypothyroid (n = 48)
	Men (n = 80)	Women (n = 77)	Men (n = 15)	Women (n = 33)
Age in years (mean ± SD)	55.73 ± 10.52	54.77 ± 10.68	58.33 ± 6.78	53.75 ± 8.16
Duration of diabetes in years (mean ± SD)	7.61 ± 5.98	6.97 ± 4.61	5.86 ± 3.9	6.20 ± 4.19
HbA1c^a (%)	7.63 ± 1.13	8.15 ± 1.78	8.37 ± 1.79	8.23 ± 1.71
Free T3^a (pg/ml) (mean ± SD)	2.75 ± 0.72	2.96 ± 0.61	2.72 ± 0.69	2.57 ± 0.76
Free T4^a (μg/dl) (mean ± SD)	2.54 ± 1.11	2.62 ± 1.24	6.79 ± 2.07	6.21 ± 1.28
Total cholesterol (mg/dl) (mean ± SD)	183 ± 40	182 ± 36	186 ± 40	183 ± 34 (mg/dl)
HDL cholesterol (mg/dl) (mean ± SD)	42.27 ± 7.88	42.16 ± 6.39	42.21 ± 13.5	43.13 ± 10.03 (mg/dl)
Triglycerides^a (mg/dl) (mean ± SD)	152.75 ± 48.70	150.61 ± 41.98	167.13 ± 35.21	162.41 ± 44.82 (mg/dl)
LDL cholesterol (mg/dl) (mean ± SD)	105.61 ± 32.11	113.17 ± 35.50	106.26 ± 32.42	112.26 ± 32.83 (mg/dl)

^a values for comparison of the mean values between the subclinical hypothyroid and euthyroid subjects by independent sample t-test, value <0.05.