Table 2.

[FT3] appearance, decay parameters, t_max, C_max and goodness of fit R².

P# FT3	τ1 FT3	R2(τ1)	α FT3	β FT3	R2(α, β)	tmax FT3	Cmax FT3	AUC24FT3
P01	0.83	0.98	0.28	0.04	0.99	3	10.4	89.6
P02	0.66	0.97	0.22	0.007	0.98	3	7.5	58.9
P03	0.38	0.96	0.27	0.04	0.99	2.5	6.1	41.3
P04	0.38	0.97	0.27	0.02	0.99	2	8.4	49.6
P05	0.83	0.96	0.2	0.03	0.99	2	7.2	54.9
P06	0.17	0.98	0.25	0.03	0.99	3	5.1	31.8
P07	0.32	0.95	0.32	0.03	0.99	1.5	9.3	60
P08	0.73	0.98	0.28	0.03	0.99	2	5.1	34.3
P09	0.65	0.98	0.3	0.03	0.99	2	6.3	41
P10	0.22	0.96	0.4	0.03	0.99	1.5	4.4	23.9
P11	0.84	0.97	0.4	0.03	0.99	3.5	4.6	26.2
P12	0.84	0.96	0.2	0.01	0.99	3	5.3	42.4

Note: P#: participant number

τ₁: appearance time constant

R²(τ₁): goodness of fit of appearance characteristic

α: distribution time constant of the decay phase

β: elimination time constant of the decay phase

R²(α, β): goodness of fit of the decay characteristic

t_max: time that the maximum value of [FT3] is reached

C_max: maximum level of [FT3] at t_max

AUC₂₄: area under curve value of the [FT3] profile over a period of 24 h