Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The long-term follow-up of the patients with well-differentiated thyroid cancer (WDTC) includes the monitoring of suppressive levothyroxine therapy. Our study evaluated the peculiarities of thyroid status in WDTC patients on the doses of levothyroxine leading to TSH suppression (lower than 0.5 mI/l).Study design: We have studied 114 patients with WDTC, 24 men and 90 women. The follow-up was a least 10 years after thyroid surgery, mean age a...

A lot of new data have been recently generated regarding the complex relationship between the thyroid function and metabolic parameters.The aim of the study was to estimate the obesity and metabolic syndrome (MS) rates according to the age and the thyroid function in the residents of Belarus.We have examined 894 subjects aged 18–44 years (82.2% females) living in Stolin district, Brest region of Belarus. The endocrinological e...