Table 1.
The characteristics of included subjects stratified according to serum TSH concentration
CharacteristicTotalEuthyroidMild SHSevere SHP value
Serum TSH (mIU/liter)  0.27 ≤ TSH < 4.2 4.2 ≤ TSH < 10 10 ≤ TSH  
Age (yr) 54.32 (7.65) 53.59 (7.28) 55.81 (8.24)a 58.84 (8.14)a,b <0.001 
Male sex 291 (26.3) 244 (31.0) 42 (15.1) 5 (13.5) <0.001 
Smoking 482 (43.7) 338 (42.9) 126 (45.2) 18 (48.6) 0.673 
Drinking 305 (27.6) 230 (29.2) 28 (24.4) 7 (18.9) 0.079 
BMI (kg/m225.22 (3.53) 25.13 (3.56) 25.34 (3.46) 26.15 (3.24) 0.276 
SBP (mm Hg) 134.04 (18.79) 131.63 (18.36) 139.84 (18.71)a 142.08 (18.18)a <0.001 
DBP (mm Hg) 79.92 (11.49) 79.40 (11.92) 81.39 (10.10)a 80.16 (11.74) 0.075 
FT3 (pmol/ml) 4.91 (0.64) 4.93 (0.66) 4.90 (0.60) 4.83 (0.55) 0.702 
FT4 (pmol/ml) 15.69 (2.17) 16.24 (2.05) 14.45 (1.85)a 13.50 (1.57)a,b <0.001 
TSH (mIU/liter) 2.96 (2.58) 2.32 (1.49) 5.45 (2.12) 11.63 (2.72) N/A 
TC (mmol/liter) 5.19 (1.19) 5.01 (1.15) 5.63 (1.16)a  5.86 (1.28)a <0.001 
TG (mmol/liter) 1.10 (0.75) 1.04 (0.73) 1.22 (0.82) 1.32 (0.73) 0.363 
LDL-C (mmol/liter) 3.00 (0.86) 2.91 (0.84) 3.20 (0.83)a 3.47 (0.95)a,b <0.001 
HDL-C (mmol/liter) 1.42 (0.33) 1.41 (0.33) 1.46 (0.35)a 1.40 (0.30) 0.141 
FPG (mmol/liter) 5.78 (0.99) 5.78 (1.01) 5.79 (0.94) 5.57 (0.84) 0.537 
CharacteristicTotalEuthyroidMild SHSevere SHP value
Serum TSH (mIU/liter)  0.27 ≤ TSH < 4.2 4.2 ≤ TSH < 10 10 ≤ TSH  
Age (yr) 54.32 (7.65) 53.59 (7.28) 55.81 (8.24)a 58.84 (8.14)a,b <0.001 
Male sex 291 (26.3) 244 (31.0) 42 (15.1) 5 (13.5) <0.001 
Smoking 482 (43.7) 338 (42.9) 126 (45.2) 18 (48.6) 0.673 
Drinking 305 (27.6) 230 (29.2) 28 (24.4) 7 (18.9) 0.079 
BMI (kg/m225.22 (3.53) 25.13 (3.56) 25.34 (3.46) 26.15 (3.24) 0.276 
SBP (mm Hg) 134.04 (18.79) 131.63 (18.36) 139.84 (18.71)a 142.08 (18.18)a <0.001 
DBP (mm Hg) 79.92 (11.49) 79.40 (11.92) 81.39 (10.10)a 80.16 (11.74) 0.075 
FT3 (pmol/ml) 4.91 (0.64) 4.93 (0.66) 4.90 (0.60) 4.83 (0.55) 0.702 
FT4 (pmol/ml) 15.69 (2.17) 16.24 (2.05) 14.45 (1.85)a 13.50 (1.57)a,b <0.001 
TSH (mIU/liter) 2.96 (2.58) 2.32 (1.49) 5.45 (2.12) 11.63 (2.72) N/A 
TC (mmol/liter) 5.19 (1.19) 5.01 (1.15) 5.63 (1.16)a  5.86 (1.28)a <0.001 
TG (mmol/liter) 1.10 (0.75) 1.04 (0.73) 1.22 (0.82) 1.32 (0.73) 0.363 
LDL-C (mmol/liter) 3.00 (0.86) 2.91 (0.84) 3.20 (0.83)a 3.47 (0.95)a,b <0.001 
HDL-C (mmol/liter) 1.42 (0.33) 1.41 (0.33) 1.46 (0.35)a 1.40 (0.30) 0.141 
FPG (mmol/liter) 5.78 (0.99) 5.78 (1.01) 5.79 (0.94) 5.57 (0.84) 0.537 

Intergroup comparisons were done with post-hoc Hochberg’s GT2 test. Data are expressed as the mean (SD) or median (interquantile range) depending on the type of variance. TG was log-transformed before being analyzed by one-way ANOVA. Bold text indicates that P values are statistically significant. BMI, body mass index; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; SBP, systolic blood pressure.

a

P < 0.05 vs. euthyroid control.

b

P < 0.05 vs. mild SH.

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