Thyroid Hormone Profile in Patients Ingesting Soft Gel Capsule or Liquid Levothyroxine Formulations with Breakfast

Table 2

Thyroid hormone levels six months before recruitment and at enrolment (both when taking liquid L-T4) and after 6 months’ treatment with L-T4 soft gel capsules.

	6 months before recruitment	At enrolment	6 months after soft gel capsule
TSH (mIU/L)	1.9 (0.5–4.1)	1.9 (0.5–4.0)	2.2 (0.5–4.5)
fT4 (pg/mL)	10.5 (8.6–13.8)	10.6 (8.6–13.8)	9.9 (8.0–13)
fT3 (pg/mL)	2.7 (2.4–3.6)	2.7 (2.4–3.3)	2.5 (2.4–3.1)^+

Median (min–max).
⁢ versus 6 months before recruitment and at enrolment; ⁢ versus 6 months before recruitment and at enrolment.