Control hypothyroid TSH (μIU/ml) 2.428 ± 1.210 40.223 ± 30.394** fT4 (pg/dl) 0.943 ± 0.2895 0.4100 ± 0.165** fT3 (ng/ml) 3.205 ± 0.456 2.609 ± 0.444** Values represent mean ± S.D. **p<0.001, *p<0.05

Table 1: Comparison between the TSH, FT4 and FT3 values obtained in hypothyroid and controls.