Relationship between Body Mass Index (BMI), Body Fat Percent and Serum TSH Level in Eu-Thyroid Female Subjects

Objective To investigate whether there is an association between Body Mass Index (BMI), Body fat percent and serum Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) in eu-thyroid female subjects. Methods 103 randomly selected eu-thyroid female subjects were included in this study. Their BMI was estimated by Metric method, Body fat percent was measured by Harpenden skin fold caliper. Serum TSH was measured from fasting serum sample by Enzyme-linked-immuno-sorbant (ELISA) Assay. Results A positive linear association was found between BMI and serum TSH level (r=0.342, p