Table 3.

Degree of overweight, thyroid hormones and lipids concentrations in obese children with hyperthyrotropinemia before and after weight loss program.

	Decrease in BMI-SDS >0.5			Decrease in BMI-SDS 0.2-0.5			No weight loss
N	23			21			20
Gender	61% girls			52% girls			45% girls
	Baseline	Six months later	p	Baseline	Six months later	p	Baseline	Six months later	p
BMI z-score	2.9 ± 1.3	2.0 ± 1	0.007	2.8 ± 0.5	2.5 ± 0.6	0.3	2.7 ± 0.5	2.7 ± 0.6	0.4
TSH (μUI/ml)	5.1 ± 1	3.6 ± 1.1	0.0001	5.2 ± 0.9	4.6 ± 2.6	0.3	5.27 ± 1.3	4.6 ± 2.6	0,4
fT3 (pg/ml)	3.9 ± 1	3.4 ± 0.5	0.03	3.7 ± 0.7	4 ± 0.2	0.1	3.8 ± 0.7	4.4 ± 0.2	0.09
fT4 (pg/ml)	9.8 ± 2.5	8.8 ± 2.9	0.1	9.8 ± 2.5	10.2 ± 1.8	0.1	10 ± 2	10.3 ± 1.6	0.8
HDL (mg/dl)	40 ± 23	45 ± 14	0.6	37 ± 21	39 ± 14	0.8	37 ± 15	38 ± 13	0.9
Triglycerides (mg/dl)	101 ± 39	90 ± 40	0.6	103 ± 85	98 ± 34	0.9	108 ± 61	98 ± 65	0.8