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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: There were no significant differences in the changes from baseline to 6 months between women in the thyroxine group and the placebo group for any of the metabolic, lipid, or anthropometric variables measured, expressed as the mean change in the thyroxine group minus the mean change in the placebo group : body mass index, -0. 3 kg/m (2) (95 % confidence interval [CI] : -0. 9 to 0. 4 kg/m (2)) ; resting energy expenditure, -0. 2 kcal/kg/24 h (95 % CI : -1. 3 to 1. 0 kcal/kg/24 h) ; and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, -4 mg/dL (95 % CI : -23 to 15 mg/dL).