Assessment of Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Females with Subclinical Hypothyroidism

Table 3

Association of different variables in mild and severe subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH).

Variable	Mild SCH	Severe SCH	value
	Median (IQR)/mean ± SD	Median (IQR)/
Age (years)			0.819^a
FT3 (pg/ml)	3.25 (3.0-3.53)	3.25 (2.99-3.64)	0.942^b
FT4 (pg/ml)	15.75 (12.58-18.35)	14.78 (16.76-11.62)	0.348^b
TSH (μIU/dl)	7.03 (6.39-8.51)	12.54 (10.42-14.79)	0.001^b
TC (mg/dl)			0.724^a
TG (mg/dl)	176 (128.50-226.75)	231.50 (156.75-259.25)	0.039^b
HDLC (mg/dl)	31.0 (28-34)	30.0 (25.75-34.0)	0.349^b
LDLC (mg/dl)			0.374^a
VLDL (mg/dl)	35.20 (25.70-45.35)	46.30 (31.35-51.85)	0.039^b
AIP			0.031^a
AI	4.24 (3.38-4.97)	3.72 (3.02-6.03)	0.711^b
LCI	132112.76 (89013.14-220748.92)	154666.23 (87824.10-314646.42)	0.428^b

Abbreviations: TSH: thyroid stimulating hormone; TC: total cholesterol; TG: triglyceride; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; VLDL: very low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; AIP: atherogenic index plasma; AI: atherogenic index; LCI: lipoprotein combined index; SCH: subclinical hypothyroidism. ^aStudent’s t-test and expressed as . ^bMann–Whitney U-test and expressed as median ().