Table 1.

Anthropometric and biochemical characteristics of control and study group.

	Control group	UC Patients	p
n	51	13
Age (years)	45 (36–61)	53 (47–65)	0.1583
Sex (M/F)	3/48	1/12
Weight (Kg)	61 (57–70)	63 (60–80)	0.4085
Height (cm)	162 (1.59–1.67)	164 (1.62–1.66)	0.4686
BMI (Kg/m2)	22.67 (21.14–24.68)	23.56 (22.70–24.43)	0.6298
TPO Ab (UI/l)	258 (158–690)	313 (127–631)	0.7540
Last assayed TSH (mU/l)	1.10 (0.79–1.49)	1.13 (0.58–1.30)	0.5647
Daily dose (μg/day)	75 (74–86)	100 (100–107)	<0.0001