Table 3 shows the multiple regression analysis coefficients for the population as a whole, with the IMT as the dependent variable and Hashimoto's thyroiditis, age, BMI (Model 1) or waist circumference (Model 2), fasting glycemia, fasting insulin, FT3, FT4, TSH, total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, triglycerides and hypertension as independent variables. This evidence concerns the gene INS and Hashimoto thyroiditis.