Table I.

Baseline characteristics of participants

Variables	Intervention group*	Control group*	Value of p
Age [years]	32.37 ±11.35	36.07 ±11.35	0.4
TSH [ml/l]	8.29 ±4.9	8.12 ±3.12	0.9
FT4 [ng/dl]	1.38 ±0.26	1.37 ±0.29	0.83
T4 [mg/dl]	7.38 ±1.37	7.41 ±1.48	0.92

^*Data are shown as mean ± SD