Objective: In hypothyroidic patients obesity and hyperlipidemia is more often. In this study hypothroid patients followed by Haseki Hospital lipid polyclinic evaluated and hyperlipidemia-obesity relation investigated.
Material and Method: Files of 37 hypothyroidic patients followed up by lipid polyclinic of Haseki Hospital between 2003-2006 years are evaluated retrospectively. Patients divided into two groups as obese (case) and nonobese (control) according to their body mass indexes (BMI) (?30=obese) at the time they refer. Age, sex, BMI, glucose, TSH, total-cholesterol, LDL, HDL, triglyceride values of patients evaluated.
Results: 19 were obese (case group), 18 were nonobese (control group) from 37 patients with hypothyroidism admitted to our study. Case group had 1 male, 18 female, control group had 6 male, 12 female patients. In case group, HDL was lower (p
Key words: Hypothyroidism, hyperlipidemia, obesity, body mass index
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