Objective Investigate the differences in cardiopulmonary (CP) capacity and Quality of Life (QOL) between healthy elderly (≥ 65 years) with different TSH levels (< 1.0 and ≥ 1.0 μIU/mL) both within the normal range. Also, evaluate the effects of TSH elevation on CP test and QOL, by ad...
Objective Thyroid disease affects 6.6% of the general population. The liver is fundamental in metabolizing thyroid hormones, and hepatocytes are often affected in thyroid disease. We aimed to compare clinical and laboratory parameters among thyroid disease patients with alanine aminotransferase (ALT) le...
Background: Thyroid dysfunction is common among patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). It presents in different forms and has a multifactorial etiology. Aim: To determine the prevalence and features of thyroid dysfunction among patients infected with HIV. Material and Methods: A cross...
La prevalencia de trastornos tiroideos (TT) no ha sido suficientemente evaluada en mujeres con síndrome de ovario poliquístico (SOP). El propósito de esta investigación fue examinar dicha relación. En este estudio prospectivo de diseño caso-control, se incluyeron 194 mujeres. El grupo SOP consisti...
The metabolic syndrome (MetSyn) is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular events, but scarce information exists about its frequency in Venezuela. In this cross-sectional study, we quantified the prevalence of the MetSyn in a probabilistic, stratified sample of 274 subjects aged ³18 years from the ...
OBJECTIVE: We attempted to evaluate maternal thyroid function in a new self-sequential longitudinal reference interval (SLRI) which we established recently. By this method, we analysed the correlation between pregnancy outcome, neonatal thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) level and maternal thyroid disease...
Avaliamos prospectivamente a funçäo, as imagens ultra-sonográficas e a auto-imunidade tireóidea em grupo racial heterogêneo de 800 mulhres grávidas, primíparas ou multíparas (1 a 7 gestaçöes prévias) atendidas em hospital universitário de Säo Paulo durante o pré-natal. Quarenta e seis pacie...
Para avaliarmos o impacto da adesäo no controle do hipotiroidismo em nosso meio, estudamos 100 portadores de hipotiroidismo mal controlados (Mo de TSH: 12U/L) acompanhados no HC-UNICAMP e no HUCFF-UFRJ, 80 mulheres e 20 homens de nível sócil-econômico e cultural similar. Após serem examinados e orie...