Table 2.
Thyroid hormones and fatigue scale (with 95% Confidence Interval) scores during the 6-month intervention (mixed model analysis). p-values express the differences between both groups.
| Intervention Group | Control Group | p-Value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| t = 0 | t = 3 | t = 6 | t = 0 | t = 3 | t = 6 | ||
| TSH (mIU/L) | 6.1 (5.6–6.6) | 5.5 (4.8–6.1) | 5.2 (4.5–6.0) | 5.7 (5.2–6.2) | 5.0 (4.3–5.6) | 4.8 (4.1–5.5) | 0.98 |
| FT4 (pmol/L) | 16.6 (16–17) | 17.1 (16–18) | 16.6 (16–17) | 15.7 (15–16) | 16.0 (15–17) | 15.4 (15–16) | 0.51 |
| PedQL total | 61.8 (55–68) | 67.9 (61–75) | 74.1 (67–81) | 70.9 (65–77) | 70.5 (64–77) | 72.8 (66–80) | 0.04 |
| PedQl general | 59.4 (51–67) | 65.6 (57–74) | 72.9 (65–81) | 67.2 (60–75) | 67.9 (60–76) | 72.4 (65–80) | 0.14 |
| PedQl sleep | 62.5 (55–69) | 69.9 (63–77) | 77.8 (71–84) | 72.5 (66–79) | 73.1 (66–79) | 75.9 (70–82) | 0.03 |
| PedQl cognitive | 62.9 (53–73) | 67.1 (57–76) | 70.4 (60–81) | 73.9 (65–83) | 71.4 (62–80) | 71.1 (61–81) | 0.19 |