Results
No statistically significant differences were found in the levels of TSH, free T3, and free T4 in the groups 1, 2, and 3. Changes in the TSH, free T3, and free T4 levels occurred at the highest significance level in Group 4. The changes were the least in the levels of TSH in Group 2, in the levels of free T3 in Group 1, and in the levels of free T4 in Group 3 (table 2).
Statistically significant differences in the levels of Anti TPO and Anti TG occurred only in Group 4 (table 2, p<0.01, and p= 0.02 respectively).
The histopathological fibrosis scores found in the tissue specimens of the subjects are shown in table 3. There were no statistically significant differences in the histopathological fibrosis scores between the groups (p=0.714). The mean body weights of all subjects in the experiment on days 0 and 90 were 55.38 g and 331.30 g, respectively. The changes in the body weight of the subjects by the groups are shown in table 4. The changes in the body weights of the subjects were not statistically different with a standard deviation value of 4.92 (p=0.068).