Endocrine Abstracts

Background: We investigated the frequency for diagnosis of Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients, based on rising interest in potential links of OSA’s pathogenesis with impaired auto-immune mechanisms.Design and methods: Polysomnography was performed to 245 euthyroid eligible subjects consecutively. Study population divided according to apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) as control (n=59, AHI<5), mild OSA (<i...

Objective: Insulin resistance may contribute to the development of nodular thyroid disease. Changes in thyroid morphology have been reported in obese patients. In this study, we examined the frequency of nodular thyroid disease in morbid obese patients (BMI>40 kg/m2) and investigated the metabolic parameters which may play a role in thyroid nodule formation.Methods: Three hundred and six morbid obese patients (296 women, 10 men) (age 46.2&...