BACKGROUND/AIMS Hypothyroidism is reported to contribute to the development of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). We compared the risk of the development of NAFLD among three groups with different thyroid hormonal statuses (control, subclinical hypothyroidism, and overt hypothyroidism) in a 4-year retrospective cohort of Korean subjects. METHODS Apparently healthy Korean subjects witho...

A data of serum lipid profile such as total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, very low density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglyceride from 100 patients in the age range of 15-65 years of both sex having subclinical hypothyroidism were compared with euthyroid controls to observe that whether subclinical hypothyroidism is associated with abn...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Subclinical primary hypothyroidism is highly prevalent in the general population, especially in the elderly. However, the prevalence of subclinical primary hypothyroidism in persons with chronic kidney disease (CKD) not requiring chronic dialysis is not well defined. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, AND MEASUREMENTS Cross-sectional data from 3089 adult outpatients, who...

OBJECTIVE To review the etiology, precipitating factors, clinical findings, screening recommendations, and treatment for primary hypothyroidism and subclinical hypothyroidism in the older patient. DATA SOURCES A PubMed search of English language articles using a combination of words: elderly, thyroid, hypothyroid,* subclinical hypothyroid,* etiology, screening, diagnosis, and treatment to ide...

Subclinical hypothyroidism is mainly diagnosed by laboratory results as there are no presenting clinical signs and symptoms. There are only few studies done in prevalence and patterns of age distributions of subclinical hypothyroidism in India. Therefore the study was designed to estimate the prevalence and distribution of subclinical hypothyroidism in rural women. This study is a hospital base...

Thyroid disorders are highly prevalent, occurring most frequently in aging women. Thyroid-associated symptoms are very similar to symptoms of the aging process; thus, improved methods for diagnosing overt and subclinical hypothyroidism in elderly people are crucial. Thyrotropin measurement is considered to be the main test for detecting hypothyroidism. Combined evaluations of thyroid stimulatin...

OBJECTIVES Thyroid disorders are among the common endocrine problems in pregnant women. It is now well established that not only overt but subclinical thyroid dysfunction also has adverse effects on maternal and fetal outcome. There are few data from Bangladesh about the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in pregnancy. With this background, this study aims to find out thyroid dysfunction (both o...

BACKGROUND Sub-clinically hypo-functioning thyroid is a condition in which there is biochemical evidence of hypothyroidism but patient is clinically asymptomatic. This concept is not new. The typical picture of this condition is increased thyroid stimulating hormone and normal thyroxine levels. Subclinical hypothyroidism has been found to have variable prevalence ranging from 4-10% to 10- 26%. ...

The influence of hypothyroidism on haemostasis is an active research area. Not only bleeding tendency but also hypercoagulable states have been reported in hypothyroid patients. Decreased and increased fibrinolytic activity in hypothyroid patients has been shown in several studies. Thrombin activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI) is an inhibitor of fibrinolysis, which has been recently isolat...