Open AccessEffects of Thyroid Autoimmunity on Early Atherosclerosis in Euthyroid Girls with Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis
Author(s) -
Pınar İşgüven,
Yasemin Gündüz,
Mukaddes Kılıç
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical research in pediatric endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.566
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1308-5735
pISSN - 1308-5727
DOI - 10.4274/jcrpe.2145
Subject(s) - medicine , euthyroid , endocrinology , body mass index , thyroid , thyroid function , thyroiditis , waist , lipid profile , homocysteine , gastroenterology , cholesterol
In the current study, we aimed to investigate whether thyroid autoimmunity (TA) had any effect on carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) and enhanced the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) independent of thyroid function (TF) in pubertal girls with Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT).
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