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

Table 3

Thyroid hormone levels six months before recruitment and at enrolment (both when taking liquid L-T4) and after 3 and 6 months’ treatment with L-T4 soft gel capsules ().

	6 months before recruitment	At enrolment	3 months after soft gel capsule	6 months after soft gel capsule
TSH (mIU/L)	1.9 (0.5–4.0)	1.9 (0.5–4.0)	2.0 (0.5–4.5)	2.2 (0.7–4.4)
fT4 (pg/mL)	10.5 (8.6–13.7)	10.5 (8.6–13.6)	10.4 (9.1–13)	9.9 (8.8–13.3)
fT3 (pg/mL)	2.8 (2.4–3.6)	2.7 (2.4–3.2)	2.7 (2.4–3.1)	2.5 (2.4–3.4)

Median (min–max).
⁢ versus at 3 months after soft gel capsule treatment, at enrolment, and before recruitment.