Table 2: thyroid function in the study participants
Thyroid state	Metabolic syndrome N=39(%)	No metabolic syndrome. N= 111(%)	P value
Sick euthyroid syndrome	13(33.3)	2(1.8)	˂0.0001*
Euthyroidism	23(58.9)	88(79.2)	˂0.0001*
Primary hyperthyroidism	1(2.6)	2(1.8)	0.986
Secondary hypothyroidism	1(2.6)	4(3.6)	0.973
Subclinical hyperthyroidism	1(2.6)	5(4.5)	0.856
Subclinical hypothyroidism	0(0)	0(0)