Table 1.

Biochemical parameters of the study subjects at baseline and after l-thyroxine therapy.

Parameters	Hypothyroid	Euthyroid	p Value
Number of patients	10	10
Fasting glucose (mmol/L)	5.3 ± 0.4	5.0 ± 0.5	0.078
Urea (mmol/L)	4.7 ± 0.7	4.6 ± 0.9	0.392
Creatinine (mmol/L)	72.5 ± 13.1	76.1 ± 23.3	0.404
Aspartate transaminase (IU/L)	33.4 ± 6.6	37.5 ± 9.0	0.407
Alanine transaminase (IU/L)	18.0 ± 5.8	17.4 ± 3.9	0.169
Alkaline phosphatase (IU/L)	94.9 ± 25.9	96.8 ± 31.2	0.133
Haemoglobin (g/L)	13.1 ± 1.7	13.5 ± 2	0.50
FT4 (pmol/L)	8.3 ± 5.5	18.8 ± 3.7	0.000
TSH (mIU/l)	33.9 ± 22.1	1.6 ± 0.9	0.000
Total Cholesterol (mmol/L)	4.6 ± 0.6	4.8 ± 0.7	0.193
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	1.2 ± 0.3	1.4 ± 0.3	0.184
High Density Lipoprotein cholesterol (mmol/L)	2.9 ± 0.8	3.0 ± 0.6	0.373
Low density Lipoprotein cholesterol (mmol/L)	1.2 ± 0.4	1.0 ± 0.3	0.087
TNF-α	4.7 ± 1.4	3.2 ± 2	0.095
IL-6	1.0 ± 0.65	0.68 ± 0.35	0.087