Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Hepatosteatosis is one of the results of insulin resistance. Thyroid dysfunctions effect on insulin sensitivity. The aim of this study was to evaluate insulin resistance in patients with hepatosteatosis and either hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism.Design: A total of 407 patients with hepatosteatosis were included. These patients were further divided into two study subgroups and a control group: 102 subjects with hypothyroidism, 103 with hyp...

Introduction: Insulin resistance, refers to decreased response of tissues to insulin, primarily associated with type 2 diabetes and glucose intolerance. Several results were obtained in previous studies about the relation between insulin resistance and thyroid dysfunction. In these studies hepatosteatosis was not an exclusion criteria despite insulin resistance has a key role in the development of it. In this study we aimed to investigate insulin resistance in patients with hy...