Velkoska Nakova, Valentina and Krstevska, Branka and Bosevski, Marijan and Dimitrovski, Chedo and Serafimoski, V. (2009) Dyslipidaemia and Hypertension in Patients with Subclinical Hypothyroidism. Prilozi, Odd. biol. med. nauki, MANU, XXX, 2, s. 93‡102 (2009), XXX, (2). pp. 93-102. ISSN ISSN 0351–3254
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Abstract
Abs t r a c t: Objective. The aim of this study was to assess whether subclinical
hypothyroidism (SCH) is associated with dyslipidaemia and arterial hypertension.
Methods. At the Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders,
Skopje, R. Macedonia, we examined 24 consecutive patients with SCH and 13
healthy controls in a period of 6 months. SCH was defined as an elevated thyrotropin
(TSH) (> 4.2 mU/l) and normal free thyroxine (fT4) level (10.3–24.45 pmol/l). None of
the patients had been previously treated with thyroxine. In all participants we determined
blood pressure, body mass index (BMI), TSH, fT4, antibodies to thyroid peroxidise
(TPOabs), total lipids (TL), total cholesterol (TH), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol
(HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and triglycerides.
Results. Mean diastolic blood pressure increased in SCH patients vis-a-vis controls
(85 vs. 74 mmHg; p < 0.05). Mean values of TL, TH, HDL-C, LDL-C, triglycerides,
TC/HDL-C, and LDL-C/HDL-C were no different in patients with SCH compared
with controls. Individual analysis revealed that the percentages of patients with SCH
having arterial hypertension (29%), hypertriglyceridaemia (34.78%), elevated LDL-C
(41.66%), elevated TC/HDL-C (21.7%), and LDL-C/HDL-C (21.74%) ratios were higher
than the percentages in controls. No significant correlation between TSH and biochemical
parameters was detected.
Conclusion. Our study revealed that SCH patients have a greater prevalence of
dyslipidaemia and arterial hypertension, and, as well, a greater value of mean diastolic
pressure vs. control patients. .
Key words. Subclinical hypothyroidism; arterial hypertension; dyslipidaemia; atherosclerosis;
risk factors.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Medical and Health Sciences > Clinical medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medical Science |
| Depositing User: | Valentina Velkovska |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Oct 2012 19:00 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Feb 2013 12:50 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/185 |
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