Clinical and laboratory evaluation of hyperlipemic and hypothyroid patients


Autoria(s): Castro, Ana Valéria Barros de; Bononi, Alexandra Procópio; Aragon, Flávio Ferrari; Padovani, Carlos Roberto; Nogueira, Célia Regina; Mazeto, Glaucia Maria Ferreira da Silva; Pimenta, Walkyria de Paula
Contribuinte(s)

Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)

Data(s)

20/05/2014

20/05/2014

01/02/2001

Resumo

OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency of hypothyroidism in a sample of hyperlipemic patients and evaluate clinical and laboratory factors indicative of thyropathy among them. METHODS: Fifty-one hyperlipemic patients, grouped according to an earlier or recent diagnosis of their thyroid function into euthyroid and hypothyroid, were evaluated with clinical and laboratory examinations of blood levels of free T4 and TSH (by radioimmunoassay). Patients were on average 46.8±11.7 years old, predominantly of the female sex (62.5%); 31% had a previous diagnosis of hypothyroidism and were under treatment with thyroxin. RESULTS: Fourteen three percent of patients analyzed had hypothyroidism, which had not been detected before. Differentiating attributes of the groups analyzed were: a predominance of females among the hypothyroid patients and a higher HDL serum concentration among those recently diagnosed. CONCLUSION: In the present study, new cases of hypothyroidism in hyperlipemic patients were a frequent occurrence, yet few clinical and laboratory data except tests evaluating free T4 and TSH in the blood indicated which patients had thyroid dysfunction.

Formato

123-126

Identificador

http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0066-782X2001000200003

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia. Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia - SBC, v. 76, n. 2, p. 123-126, 2001.

0066-782X

http://hdl.handle.net/11449/11290

10.1590/S0066-782X2001000200003

S0066-782X2001000200003

2-s2.0-8744248403

S0066-782X2001000200003.pdf

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC)

Relação

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Direitos

openAccess

Palavras-Chave #hypothyroidism #hyperlipemia #dyslipemia
Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/article