Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Hyperhomocysteinemia is an independent risk factor foratherosclerosis (1,2). Elevated plasma total homocysteine(t-Hcy) levels havebeen described in primary hypothyroidism (3,4). Subclinical hypothyroidismhas also been found to be associated with atherosclerosis (5).Hypothyroidism decreases hepatic levels of enzymes involved in theremethylation pathway of homocysteine and renal excretion of t-Hcy (6,7).The present study evaluates t-Hcy in sub...

Objective: To analyse the effects of bariatric surgery on the global coronary risk profile two years after the surgical procedure.Methods: A total of 32 class III obese patients, 6 men and 26 women, mean age 34.3±8.5 years, were included. Total Cholesterol (TC), HDL, triglycerides, Blood Pressure (BP), presence of diabetes and smoking were evaluated before and two years after bariatric surgery. The 10 year Framingham coronary heart disease risk scor...