Association of Subclinical Hypothyroidism with Dyslipidemia and Increased Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Children | Zendy

Edip Ünal | Zendy; Alper Akın | Zendy; Ruken Yıldırım | Zendy; Vasfiye Demir | Zendy; İsmail Yıldız | Zendy; Yusuf Kenan Haspolat | Zendy

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Association of Subclinical Hypothyroidism with Dyslipidemia and Increased Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Children

Author(s) -

Edip Ünal,

Alper Akın,

Ruken Yıldırım,

Vasfiye Demir,

İsmail Yıldız,

Yusuf Kenan Haspolat

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.3719

Subject(s) - medicine , euthyroid , dyslipidemia , morning , venipuncture , endocrinology , subclinical infection , intima media thickness , high density lipoprotein , thyroid stimulating hormone , cholesterol , hormone , gastroenterology , carotid arteries , surgery , obesity

Subclinical hypothyroidism (SH) is defined as an elevated serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) level with free thyroxine (fT4) level in the normal range. There are very few studies in the literature reporting on the effect of SH on lipid metabolism and carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) in children.

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