Trend of lipid and thyroid function tests in adults without overt thyroid diseases: A cohort from Tehran thyroid study.

ABSTRACT:

Context

While the role of overt hypothyroidism in lipid disorders is clear, the association between dyslipidemia and subclinical thyroid diseases remains unclarified.

Objective

To examine lipid trends based on thyroid function over a 10-year period.

Design

This is a prospective population based cohort study.

Setting

General community.

Participants

2383 euthyroid participants, as well as those with subclinical thyroid diseases, in all residents of district 13 of Tehran were examined. Subjects who were on levothyroxine, anti-hyperthyroid drugs, and glucocorticoids, those with a history of thyroid surgery or RAI and pregnant women were excluded.

Main outcome measures

Lipid trends in Model 1 were adjusted for age and follow up duration, and in Model 2

SUBMITTER: Ahi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6522003 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature