CORRELATION OF OVERT HYPOTHYROIDISM AND CERTAIN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK FACTORS

A Mahmood, Shayma

	CORRELATION OF OVERT HYPOTHYROIDISM AND CERTAIN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK FACTORS
AL-TAQANI
Article 1, Volume 28, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 0-0
Author
Shayma A Mahmood
Abstract
Some thyroid dysfunctions like overt hypothyroidism, abnormality might be including fat metabolism which resulted in unusual lipid profile leading to increased risk of cardiovascular diseases. Hence, this study was conducted to identify the correlation between overt hypothyroidism and lipid profile. Markers of lipid profile were investigated in association with the age and gender of hypothyroid group. The results elucidate a frequency of high level subjects of 75%, 41.7%, 75% and 41.7% in hypothyroid patients compared to 30.3%, 24.2%, 37.9% and 25.8% in euthyroid controls for cholesterol, triglyceride, LDL, and VLDL respectively. The differences were significant with cholesterol and LDL only. The differences in the mean concentration for all lipid markers between the hypothyroid and euthyroid groups were significantly higher on behalf the hypothyroid group. The results with males were almost similar to those of female and with no significant difference. For most of the lipid markers there were a higher frequency and mean concentration between the young (18-45 years) and old (46-67years) age groups on behalf of the old age group but without any significance. These results may conclude the presence of positive correlation between overt hypothyroidism and cardiovascular diseases by means of the significant elevation in the serum lipids among patients group in comparison with healthy control group

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