The Evaluation of Diastolic Dysfunction with Tissue Doppler Echocardiography in Women with Subclinical Hypothyroidism and the Effect of L-Thyroxine Treatment on Diastolic Dysfunction: A Pilot Study

Table 1

Thyroid function tests before and after thyroid hormone replacement therapy (THRT).

	Before THRT	After THRT	𝑃 value
fT3 (pg/mL)	2.62 ± 0.39	2.67 ± 0.44	0.07
fT4 (ng/dL)	0.89 ± 0.13	1.02 ± 0.12	0.005
TSH (μIU/mL)	7.17 ± 1.74	2.28 ± 0.63	<0.001

fT3: free triiodothyronine; fT4: free thyroxine; TSH: thyroid stimulating hormone.