Correction of Hypothyroidism Seems to Have No Effect on Body Fat

Table 1

The characteristics of patients during follow-up.

	Initial; (𝑛=42)	At the 6th; month (𝑛=36)	𝑃^∗	At the 18th; month (𝑛=31)	𝑃^∗∗
Body weight (kg)	68.76±16.78	67.83±15.58	0.36	64.06±20.86	0.34
Waist circumference (cm)	86.90±13.2	86.06±12.1	0.34	85.08±14.53	0.17
BMI (kg/m^2)	28.40±7.0	27.90±6.30	0.34	27.16±7.66	0.34
BFP (%) with TANITA	32.09±2.81	31.11±2.56	0.25	31.02±2.77	0.34
BFP according to waist circumference (%)	39.83±1.89	39.46±1.69	0.34	39.06±1.84	0.34
BFP according to BMI (%)	40.22±2.43	39.72±2.19	0.33	39.10±2.83	0.34
BFP according to SFT (%)	27.00±5.83	26.22±5.34	0.11	27.20±5.24	0.11

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