Table 1.

Baseline serum thyroid parameters.

	Range (min − max)	Median	Reference values
TSH UI/ml	0.001-5.45	1.23	0.4-4.0
FT3 pg/ml	2.41-9.60	3.7	1.5-5.9
FT4 pg/ml	6.8-21.7	10.3	5.2-15.8
hTRAb* U/l	0.2-40	5.75	<1.5
N° males: 7 (43.7%); N° females: 9 (56.3%)