Journal
NUTRITION METABOLISM AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
Volume 26, Issue 10, Pages 915-921Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2016.06.005
Keywords
Carotid intima-media thickness; Thyroid dysfunction; Subclinical hypothyroidism; Subclinical atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular risk factors
Funding
- Brazilian Ministry of Health (Science and Technology Department)
- Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology (CNPq National Research Council) [01 06 0010.00 RS, 01 06 0212.00 BA, 01 06 0300.00 ES, 01 06 0278.00 MG, 01 06 0115.00 SP, 01 06 0071.00 RJ]
- Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology (Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos)
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Background and aim: Although subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) is associated with cardiovascular risk, there is scarce data about subclinical atherosclerosis in subjects with SCH. We aimed to analyze the association between SCH and carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) using baseline data from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil). Methods and Results: We included subjects with normal thyroid function (TSH: 0.4-4.0 mIU/l, and normal free thyroxine (FT4): 0.8-1.9 ng/dl) and SCH (TSH >= 4.0 mIU/l and normal FT4) evaluated for IMT in a cross-sectional analysis. We excluded individuals using medications that affect thyroid function and those with a history of cardiovascular disease. We performed logistic and linear regression models to evaluate the association with IMT (mean values and categorized at the 75th percentile) as a dependent variable and SCH as an independent variable, adjusted for other cardiovascular risk factors. From 8623 subjects (median age of 50 years; interquartile range: 44-57), 4624 (53.6%) were women, 8095 (93.9%) were euthyroid, and 528 (6.1%) had SCH. Groups varied in age, body mass index, Framingham risk score, Homeostasis Model Assessment for Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR), C-reactive protein, as well as, IMT, that were all higher in SCH compared to euthyroid participants. SCH is associated with IMT as a continuous variable (beta = 0.010, P = 0.036) and IMT > 75th percentile: OR = 1.30 (95% CI = 1.06-1.59) in logistic models. Conclusion: Individuals with SCH presented higher IMT compared with euthyroid subjects, even after adjustment for potential confounders. IMT was independently associated with SCH in the baseline of the ELSA-Brasil study. (C) 2016 The Italian Society of Diabetology, the Italian Society for the Study of Atherosclerosis, the Italian Society of Human Nutrition, and the Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Federico II University. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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