Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: Hashimoto’s thyroiditis (HT) is extremely common, particularly among women. Mean platelet volume (MPV) and platelet distribution width (PDW) are the measure of platelet size. We aimed to investigate MPV and PDW levels in euthyroid woman with HT.Methods: This was a retrospective study in which the data were obtained from a computerized patient registry database. We evaluated 145 women with HT and 60 matched healty controls, who applied to ...

Objective: Hashimoto’s thyroiditis is a common autoimmune disorder. A few studies have analyzed the association between serum vitamin D levels and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis and available data remains inconclusive. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between serum 25-Hydroxy vitamin D levels in pre- and postmenopausal woman with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis.Methods: We evaluated 120 premenopausal women with euthyroid Hashimoto&#1...

Objective: It is recognized that autoimmun thyroid dysfunction is associated with weight and metabolic changes, insulin resistance and type 1 diabetes. In this study, we aimed to investigate whether thyroid autoimmunity had an effect on insulin sensitivity in euthyroid woman with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis.Methods: Forty-seven newly diagnosed euthyroid woman with Hashimoto’ thyroiditis with a mean age of 43 years were included in the study. The co...