Endocrine Abstracts

Hypothyroidism is a risk factor for obesity, central adiposity and ectopic fat accumulation. To assess whether this risk could be detected also in stable patients taking regularly the LT4 replacement therapy we assessed retrospectively the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (ATP III definition) and calculated the fatty liver index (FLI) and the visceral adiposity index (VAI) in patients attending our Outpatient Endocrinology Clinic because of known primary acquired hy...