Association between childhood obesity and thyroid function: a cross-sectional study in a Chinese population.

BMC Public Health · 2026 · PMC13040999 · PMID 41742088

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Among girls, as BMI increases, the odds of subclinical hypothyroidism also gradually increase with borderline significance ( P for overall association was 0.0572, P for nonlinear association was 0.4185).

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The analysis showed that the association between obesity and subclinical hypothyroidism was statistically significant in the antibody-negative group, whereas this association did not reach statistical significance in the antibody-positive group.

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