Table 1.

Demographic and laboratory characteristics of HT patients and control group.

	HT patients (n = 68)	Control group (n = 45)	p value
Sex (female/male)	59/9	39/6	0.461
Age (years)	44.3	44.1	0.367
Education (years)	11.5	12	0.275
BMI (kg/m2)	24.6 ± 3.1	24.7 ± 3.3	0.402
TSH (UIU/ml)	1.94 ± 1.08	1.71 ± 1.1	0.167
fT3 (PG/ml)	2.94 ± 0.40	2.91 ± 0.46	0.225
fT4 (NG/dl)	1.03 ± 0.16	1.06 ± 0.23	0.243
TGAb (IU/ml)	133 ± 238	–	–
TPOAb (IU/ml)	482 ± 371	–	–
dose of levothyroxine (µg/day)	64 ± 37	–	–