Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Insulin resistance is the decrease sensitivity of tissues in the body to insulin effect. Obesity, advanced age, sedentary life and smoking are the factors leading to an increase in insulin resistance. In our study, we aimed to evaluate the relationship between the insulin resistance and smoking in individuals without advanced age, obesity, high blood glucose levels and hypertension.Materials and methods: We included in this study 100 patien...

Introduction: Recent conducted studies show that clinical hypothyroidism (CH) has similar cardiovascular risk with subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH). Carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) that is an important marker of early atherosclerotic changes is an indicator of cardiovascular events. In our study, we evaluated CIMT in female patients, who have both CH and SCH, with similar age and demographic features.Materials and methods: We recruited 38 healthy f...