Objective: The mainstay therapy of hypothyroidism is levothyroxine (LT4). In most cases lifelong treatment is warranted, therefore, choosing adequate doses are of paramount significance. The purpose of this study was to assess several factors that have been proposed to influence LT4 therapy including etiology of hypothyroidism, gender, age, bodyweight, BMI, concomitant drug use, disease severity and time since diagnosis in patients with stable, adequately controlled hypothyroidism.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study we analysed past medical history, anthropometric data and biochemical parameters reflecting thyroid function of patients with chronic hypothyroidism who were adequately treated (TSH levels in normal range) with LT4 for at least 6 months. Potential predictors of LT4 requirement were evaluated using uni- and multivariate linear modelling.

Results: 191 individuals were enrolled in this study, who were divided into autoimmune (n = 147) and post-surgery (n = 44) groups. Mean age, time since diagnosis and LT4 dose (1.3 versus 1.1 mcg/kgBW) were significantly lower in the autoimmune group. In the post-surgery group age was the only significant (p = 0.016) predictor of LT4 dose. In the autoimmune group BMI (p = 0.001), time since diagnosis (p = 0.023), as well as their interaction (p = 0.012) turned out to be significant predictors of LT4 requirement.

Conclusions: Our results implicate the necessity of differentiating between etiologies of hypothyroidism when starting or changing thyroxine replacement therapy. Patient in both groups required significantly lower doses of LT4 replacement, than previous reports suggest, to maintain stable euthyroidism. Distinctly different factors predicted hormone requirement in the two study groups.

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