Zinc and Increased Free Triiodothyronine Level

• Additional treatment strategies for hypothyroidism: a network meta-analysis.

  • 2026-03-13
  • Systematic Review · n = 508
  • Endocrine connections 15(4)
  • • Xingang Lv
    • Wentao Qin
    • Jiarui Li
    • Likun Du

  • PubMed: 41838451
  • DOI: 10.1530/ec-26-0011

  2 Insights on

  • Increased Free Triiodothyronine Level

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  LT4 + Zn increased free triiodothyronine (FT3) (SMD = 1.46, 95% CrI: 0.40, 2.51, CINeMA: low certainty)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes