2017 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
Subclinical inflammation: The link between increased cardiovascular risk and subclinical hypothyroidism in postmenopausal women
verfasst von : Amina Godinjak, Zelija Velija-Ašimi, Azra Bureković, Mehmed Kulić, Selma Gicić, Fadila Serdarević
Erschienen in: CMBEBIH 2017
Verlag: Springer Singapore
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Introduction: Increased inflammatory markerscorrelate with progressive hypothyroidism. The link between subclinical hypothyroidism, subclinical inflammation and cardiovascular disease in postmenopausal women still remains unclear.Objective: To evaluate the association of subclinical hypothyroidism with inflammatory biomarkers and their impact on cardiovascular risk in postmenopausal women.Materials (subjects) and methods: Prospective clinical study included 140 postmenopausal women in the outpatient and diagnostic department of the Clinic for endocrinology in a tertiary university hospital. Sociodemographic and anthropometric data, thyroid hormonal status, inflammation markers (CRP, homocysteine, acidum uricum, IL-6, TNF-α) were obtained for all subjects. Theywere followed for 30 months and the incidence of cardiovascular disease was determined.Results: Subclinical hypothyroidism was associated with elevatedCRP, acidum uricum, homocysteine, and TNF-α. The incidence of cardiovascular disease was significantly higher in postmenopausal women with subclinical hypothyroidism compared to euthyroid women (p<0.001). Subclinical hypothyroidism was associated with higher cardiovascular risk regardless of age and duration of postmenopause (p=0.0007).Conclusion:Subclinical hypothyroidism is associated with elevated CRP, homocysteine, acidum uricum and TNF-α, and increases cardiovascular risk in postmenopausal women.