Correction of Hypothyroidism Seems to Have No Effect on Body Fat

Table 2

The characteristics of control subjects during follow-up.

	Initial; (𝑛=40)	At the 6th; month (𝑛=38)	𝑃^∗	At the 18th; month (𝑛=34)	𝑃^∗∗
Body weight (kg)	60.24±21.38	60.89±23.02	0.24	60.59±22.21	0.63
Waist circumference (cm)	82.2±14.1	83.0±13.7	0.49	82.16±12.7	0.24
BMI (kg/m^2)	26.42±4.1	25.31±5.30	0.58	26.02±5.16	0.29
BFP (%) with TANITA	28.07±3.21	29.01±4.56	0.34	28.91±2.28	0.69
BFP according to waist circumference (%)	34.13±2.04	34.97±2.01	0.48	34.02±2.83	0.87
BFP according to BMI (%)	35.81±2.34	36.24±2.87	0.21	35.88±1.93	0.74
BFP according to SFT (%)	24.37±4.89	24.48±5.21	0.19	24.22±4.64	0.18

Not significant (𝑃>0.05).
𝑃^∗: initial versus 6th month, 𝑃^∗∗: initial versus 18th month.