Table 1: Base line characteristic and comparison between patients with and without metabolic syndrome [mean ± standard deviation or number (%)].
| Parameters | Total (3632) | Metabolic syndrome | P value | ||
| Present 1556 (42.8) | Absent 2076 (57.2) | ||||
| Age (years) | 44.4 ± 15.6 | 54.1 ± 12.8 | 37.1 ± 13.3 | < 0.0001 | |
| Gender | Male | 830 (22.9) | 426 (27.4) | 404 (19.5) | < 0.0001 |
| Female | 2802 (77.1) | 1130 (72.6) | 1672 (80.5) | ||
| Hypothyroidism | 684 (18.8) | 339 (21.8) | 345 (16.6) | < 0.0001 | |
| TSH (mIU/l) | 3.3 ± 5.4 | 3.4 ± 5.6 | 3.1 ± 5.3 | 0.1 | |
| FT4 (pmol/l) | 15.0 ± 3.0 | 15.1 ± 2.9 | 141.9 ± 3.1 | 0.3 | |