High Thyroid-stimulating Hormone Levels Increase Proinflammatory and Cardiovascular Markers in Patients with Extreme Obesity

Obesity is an important health problem worldwide and many studies have suggested a relationship between obesity and thyroid function, with controversial results. Interestingly, high TSH levels have been involved with the presence of inflammatory state and risk for developing cardiovascular diseases in hypothyroid and obese patients. The aim in this work was to determine the prevalence of hypothyroidism in patients with extreme obesity and to determine whether their TSH levels were related to increased serum levels of inflammatory and cardiovascular markers.

Source: Archives of Medical Research - July 31, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Jaime H éctor Gómez-Zamudio, Victoria Mendoza-Zubieta, Aldo Ferreira-Hermosillo, Marío Antonio Molina-Ayala, Adán Valladares-Sálgado, Fernando Suárez-Sánchez, Jose de Jesús Peralta-Romero, Miguel Cruz Tags: Original Article Source Type: research