TABLE 1.

Correlations between anthropometric recovery and hormonal levels.

References/Correlation test	Significant correlations
	Baseline	After intervention
Marras et al. (20) Pearson correlation	TSH and fT3 correlated positively with BMI-SDS
Bouglé et al. (18) Simple correlations	TSH correlated positively with BMI Z-score
Aeberli et al. (13) Pearson analysis	Body weight correlated negatively with fT3 Percentage body fat correlated positively with fT4	Delta fT3 correlated positively with body weight, BMI-SDS, fat mass, and percentage body fat and negatively with lean body mass. Delta fT4 correlated negatively with percentage body fat
Licenziati et al. (17) Bivariate correlation	TSH correlated positively with BMI-SDS	TSH correlated positively with BMI-SDS
Martins et al. (8) Pearson and Spearman correlations	fT3 correlated positively with BMI/Age Z-score	fT3 correlated positively with BMI/Age Z-score
Kiortsis et al. (11) Pearson correlation	TT3 correlated positively with BMI
Bas et al. (15) Pearson correlation		TSH and fT3 correlated positively with BMI Z-score
Reinehr and Andler (23) Pearson correlation		TT3 and TT4 correlated positively with BMI Z-score
Butte et al. (24) Pearson correlation		TT3 and TSH correlated positively with BMI