Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: This study aimed to investigate possible direct and indirect association of socio-demographic and lifestyle factors with central obesity and overweight status in the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study (TLGS) population.Methods: After excluding under- and over-reporters, a sample of 2747 TLGS participants (58.3% female) aged≥20 years were recruited in the study. Overweight and central obesity were defined as having BMI ≥25 kg/m2...

Introduction: Gender differences in the association between health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and metabolic syndrome (MetS) have been studied by previous researches. This study aimed to assess influential factors causing gender differences between HRQoL and MetS components using structural equation modelling.Methods: A sample of 950 adults from TLGS were recruited in this study between 2005 and 2007. Health-related quality of life was assessed using...

Background: Recently many cross-sectional and a few longitudinal studies reported that thyroid hormones even within normal ranges are associated with measures of adiposity. We aim to assess if changes in TSH and Free T4 (FT4) over 10 years of follow-up would be associated with changes in BMI and waist circumference or risk of general and abdominal obesity.Methods: 4179 participants of Tehran Thyroid Study(TTS) who had attended at baseline(1999–2001...