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CONSORT chart. Forty-seven out of 71 overweight and obese subjects with a body mass index (BMI) at the point of enrollment of 25–45 kg/m2 completed at least three inpatient visits and were included in the analysis. Thirty subjects with a BMI of 19–24.9 kg/m2 underwent a single inpatient admission to allow for the cross-sectional analysis of anthropometric and thyroid hormone homeostasis parameters. The characteristics of the study participants are reported in Table 1.
