Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Recent conducted studies show that clinical hypothyroidism (CH) has similar cardiovascular risk with subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH). Carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) that is an important marker of early atherosclerotic changes is an indicator of cardiovascular events. In our study, we evaluated CIMT in female patients, who have both CH and SCH, with similar age and demographic features.Materials and methods: We recruited 38 healthy f...