Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: To evaluate the level of awareness among patients with thyroid disorders presenting to our hospital and determine patient profiles.Design: The present study was conducted using a survey technique on patients aged between 18 and 75 years, who were admitted to our hospital for follow-up between December 1, 2014 and December 31, 2014. The pregnant women and those with a thyroid malignancy and patients who did not consent for the study were exclud...

Objective: The present study aimed to evaluate thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) levels and anti-thyroid peroxidase antibodies (anti-TPOab) in euthyroid subjects with metabolic syndrome (MetS) and to compare them with healthy subjects without MetS.Design: Study included 173 subjects consisted of 96 subjects with MetS and 77 healthy controls. Gender, age, body mass index (BMI), waist circumfrence (WC), and detailed medical history of all participants were...