| Patients, N = 86 | p (pairedt-test) | Controls | p (unpairedt-test) | ||
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 | Before treatment | After treatment |  | N = 109 | vspatients before treatment | vspatients after treatment |
Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale | 39 ± 8 | 19 ± 6 | p < 0.001 | - | - | - |
Free triiodothyronine (pmol/l) | 5.2 ± 1.0 | 4.5 ± 1.0 | p < 0.001 | 5.2 ± 0.9 | 0.70 | <0.001 |
Free thyroxine (pmol/l) | 17.9 ± 3.1 | 16.8 ± 2.6 | p = 0.002 | 16.8 ± 2.2 | 0.004 | 0.89 |
Thyroid stimulating hormone (μIU/ml) | 1.68 ± 0.9 | 2.07 ± 1.4 | p = 0.016 | 1.40 ± 0.7 | 0.016 | <0.001 |