Endocrine Abstracts

The mechanism of atherosclerosis in patients with subclinical hypothyroidism (sHT), which has been partly attributed to lipid abnormalities, is still controversial. There is substantial evidence that ox-LDL plays an important role during the atherosclerosis process and paraoxonase-1 (PON-1) significantly inhibits generation of lipid peroxidation and thus plays a role in against atherosclerosis. The aim of the study was evaluate qualitative changes in lipoprotein metabolism, hs...