ea0029p1724 | Thyroid (non-cancer) | ICEECE2012
Sousa P.
, Guimaraes L.
, Freitas H.
, Carneiro J.
, Mayan C.
, Pinheiro M.
, Liechocki S.
, Vaisman M.
, Teixeira P.
Aim: To evaluate the prevalence of goiter and nodular disease in patients with class III obesity, and also correlate the findings with serum insulin, leptin and HOMA-IR.Methods: A cross-sectional study with thyroid ultrasound and serum glucose, insulin, leptin and TSH was performed with obese patients and a control group without known thyroid diseases, matched for age and sex, but with BMI of <25 kg/m2.Results: Twent...