Table 1.

Subjects' characteristics. Data = mean ± SE

n	10
Gender, male/female	6/4
Age (years)	46 ± 2
Anthropometrics
Height (m)	1.67 ± 0.03
Weight (kg)	78.9 ± 3.7
Body mass index (kg m−2)	28.1 ± 0.5
Cardiovascular
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	140 ± 4
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	97 ± 1
Heart rate (beats min−1)	70 ± 3
Sokolow-Lyon Index (mV)	2.4 ± 0.2
Cornell Index (mV)	1.6 ± 0.2
Metabolic
Glycaemia (mmol l−1)	5.16 ± 0.14
Total cholesterol (mmol l−1)	5.20 ± 0.31
HDL cholesterol (mmol l−1)	1.43 ± 0.14
LDL cholesterol (mmol l−1)	2.83 ± 0.29
VLDL cholesterol (mmol l−1)	0.99 ± 0.16
Triglycerides (mmol l−1)	2.17 ± 0.36
Uric acid (µmol l−1)	389.00 ± 33.71
Others
Creatinine (µmol l−1)	77.70 ± 4.06
TSH (mlU l−1)	1.87 ± 0.42
T3 (nmol l−1)	1.56 ± 0.27
T4 (nmol l−1)	90.22 ± 15.63
Free T4 (pmol l−1)	12.07 ± 1.37