Endocrine Abstracts

Aims: To examine whether treated autoimmune thyroiditis (AIT) and Graves’ disease (GD) are associated with increased cardiovascular risk factors.Patients and methods: We analysed the levels of total cholesterol (TC), HDL, LDL, triglycerides (TG), ApoB, ApoA1, Lp[a], homocysteine, CRP, folic acid and vitamin B12 in 50 patients with GD and in 130 patients with AIT, after normalization of thyroid function. Patients with GD were treated with propylthiou...

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the hypothesis that thyroid function, in euthyroid subjects with autoimmune thyroiditis (AIT), is associated with insulin resistance, serum lipid concentrations, and other cardiovascular (CV) risk factors. Subjects and Methods: We recorded thyroid function tests, BMI, insulin resistance markers comprising the Homeostasis Model Assessment for insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), the Quantitative Insulin Sensitivity Check Index (QUICKI), ...