Background: Thyroid disorders are often overlooked in pregnancy because of their non-specific symptoms and the hypermetabolic state pregnancy. The laboratory measurements thyroid function play an important role assessment maternal health. can have grievous effect on mother new-borne which be prevented. study was aimed to find prevalence dysfunction among pregnant females its neonatal outcome.Me...

The current controversy over recommendations for thyroid screening during pregnancy has its origins in the 1999 publication of an observational study based on thyroid function analysis of stored secondtrimester serum samples. In this study, 62 children of mothers identified with thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels greater than the 98th percentile were compared with 124 children of euthyroi...

BACKGROUND Overt hypothyroidism has been found to be associated with cardiovascular disease. Whether subclinical hypothyroidism and thyroid autoimmunity are also risk factors for cardiovascular disease is controversial. OBJECTIVE To investigate whether subclinical hypothyroidism and thyroid autoimmunity are associated with aortic atherosclerosis and myocardial infarction in postmenopausal wom...

Background & Objective: Thyroid hormones have an important role in the regulation of lipid metabolism. Subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH), defined as a mild increase in thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and normal level of thyroxine (T4), could be associated with altered lipid profile. The current study aimed at assessing the association between SCH and ...

BACKGROUND Several epidemiologic studies have shown a possible association between thyroid function and cognitive decline. Our aim was to evaluate the association of subclinical hyperthyroidism and dementia in a population sample of older people METHODS A cross-sectional study--São Paulo Ageing & Health Study (SPAH)--in a population sample of low-income elderly people > or = 65 years-old to e...

As an autoimmune disease, type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM) can be associated with other autoimmune disorders. The aim of this study was to detect subclinically associated autoimmune thyroid disease, coeliac disease, and Addison's disease. The presence of autoantibodies was evaluated with special regard to the control of diabetes and to the clinical status of the patient. Fifty-one type 1 diabetic ...

Subclinical hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism are diagnoses based on laboratory evaluation with few if any clinical signs or symptoms. Subclinical hypothyroidism is defined as an elevation in serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) above the upper limit of the reference range (0.45-4.5 mIU/L) with normal serum FT4 concentration; subclinical hyperthyroidism is defined as a decrease in serum TSH...

OBJECTIVE Subclinical hyperthyroidism has long-term sequelae that include osteoporosis, cardiovascular morbidity, and progression to overt thyrotoxicosis or thyroid failure. The objective of this study was to evaluate pregnancy outcomes in women with suppressed thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and normal free thyroxine (fT(4)) levels. METHODS All women who presented to Parkland Hospital for ...

BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus (DM) and thyroid dysfunction (TD) are the two most common endocrine disorders in clinical practice. The unrecognized TD may adversely affect the metabolic control and add more risk to an already predisposing scenario for cardiovascular diseases. The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of TD in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus (...

2014 Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between thyroid disorders and prolactin in patients with and without lupus activity. Patients & methods: Women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were evaluated for lupus activity. Serum tri-iodothyronine (T3), serum thyroxine (T4) and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), anti-thyroid peroxidase (anti-TPO) anti-thyroglobulin (...