Significance of levothyroxine treatment on serum lipid in pregnant women with subclinical hypothyroidism

Table 4 Effects of L-T4 on pregnant women with SCH who did or did not receive treatment

Serum lipid levels	group		group*age		group*BMI		group*TSH		group*TSH
	wald x²	P value	wald x²	P value	wald x²	P value	wald x²	P value	wald x²	P value
TC (mmol/L)	5.700	0.017	10.233	0.006	2.627	0.269	1.127	0.569	2.420	0.298
TG (mmol/L)	0.274	0.600	7.608	.022	21.548	< 0.001	2.192	0.334	0.519	0.771
HDL-C (mmol/L)	2.466	0.116	1.227	0.541	28.795	< 0.001	0.164	0.921	1.616	0.771
LDL-C (mmol/L)	6.430	0.011	5.800	0.055	0.115	0.944	0.020	0.990	2.816	0.245

TC Total cholesterol, TG Triglycerides, LDL-C Low-density lipid cholesterol, HDL-C High-density lipid cholesterol
The generalized estimating equation was used to compare categorical variables among the two groups
Dependent variable: TC, TG, HDL-C and LDL-C
Model: (intercept), group, group * age, group * BMI, group * TSH, group * FT4

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