TPO and atherosclerosis: Among participants with TSH values within the normal range, the age-adjusted ORs (95% CIs) of logarithmic values of TPO-Ab titers for baseline atherosclerosis and active arterial wall thickening were 3.64 (1.30, 10.18) and 0.57 (0.32, 1.00) for males (n = 373) and 1.82 (0.63, 5.21) and 0.40 (0.19, 0.82) for females (n = 626), respectively.