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Introduction: This study aims to explore the most responsible, influential metabolic variables of Body Mass Index (BMI) and investigating their direct and indirect effect on path analysis. Material and Methods: 350 adults aged 18 years and older without any chronic diseases who came for an annual blood check-up were included in this study. Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone (TSH), Fasting Blood Sugar (FBS) and Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone (TSH) levels were measured using standard laboratory methods. Path analysis was carried out to examine the triglyceride (TG) mediator role in the relationship between age, FBS, and TSH on BMI. Results: TSH has a significant indirect effect on BMI (P=0.017). Age has both direct and indirect effects on BMI (P=0.003). Age and TSH have a direct impact on TG levels (p < 0.05), and the mediator of TG has a direct effect on BMI (P=0.001). Conclusions: Controlling some biomedical factors leads to controlling obesity as one of the main concerns in public health. Unexpectedly, TSH even had an indirect effect on BMI through TG. Also, because BMI is indirectly affected by age with the mediator of TG, controlling triglyceride along with increasing age, becomes more important. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]