Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Thyroid disease is associated with cardiovascular disease and many cardiovascular risk factors cluster within the metabolic syndrome. It could therefore be hypothesised that thyroid function is associated with the metabolic syndrome.Aim of the study: To investigate the relationship of thyroid function -in the euthyroid range- with serum lipid concentrations and with insulin resistance.Methods: 2703 adult inhabitants o...

Introduction: Thyroid disease, both clinical and subclinical, is a common disorder. Various studies, however, differ in reported prevalences of abnormal thyroid function.Aim of the study: To investigate 1. the prevalence of abnormal thyroid function and anti-thyroidperoxidase antibodies (TPOab) in a random sample of the inhabitants of a middle-sized city in the Netherlands; 2. the relationship of the presence of TPOab with TSH concentration in the euthyr...