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ArticleLipids in health and disease2015

LDL in patients with subclinical hypothyroidism shows increased lipid peroxidation.

Kexi Zha, Changting Zuo, Aihong Wang, Bingchang Zhang, Yan Zhang, Bei Wang, Yunjia Wang, Jiajun Zhao, Ling Gao, Chao Xu

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Article in Lipids in health and disease, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Kexi ZhaDepartment of Endocrinology, Shandong Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250021, China.
Changting ZuoDepartment of gynaecology and obstetrics, Shandong Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250021, China.
Aihong WangDepartment of Cardiology, Shandong Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250021, China.
Bingchang ZhangClinical Laboratory, Shandong Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250021, China.
Yan ZhangDepartment of Endocrinology, Shandong Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250021, China.
Bei WangDepartment of Endocrinology, Shandong Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250021, China.
Yunjia WangDepartment of Endocrinology, Shandong Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250021, China.
Jiajun ZhaoDepartment of Endocrinology, Shandong Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250021, China.
Ling GaoScientific Center, Shandong Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250021, China. gaoling1@medmail.com.cn.
Chao XuDepartment of Endocrinology, Shandong Provincial Hospital affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, 250021, China. doctorxuchao@163.com.
Shandong University · CNShandong Provincial Hospital · CNShandong Academy of Chinese Medicine · CNShandong Provincial QianFoShan Hospital · CNShanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPopulation-based studies have demonstrated that subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) is an independent risk factor for atherosclerosis (OR = 1.9). However, this connection cannot be entirely explained by dyslipidemia accompanied by SCH. Lipid peroxidation also plays an important role in the development of atherosclerosis. In this study, we aimed to evaluate oxidative stress in SCH patients, as measured according to concentrations of hydroxy-octadecadienoic acids (HODEs) and hydroxy-eicosatetraenoic acids (HETEs) in both plasma and low density lipoproteins (LDL). SUBJECTS AND

methodsThe concentrations of HODEs and HETEs in both LDL and plasma were examined in euthyroid (n = 10), mild SCH (4.5 ≤ TSH < 10 mU/L, n = 10), and significant SCH (TSH ≥ 10 mU/L, n = 10) subjects, using a liquid chromatograph-electrospray ionization- mass spectrometer. Then, we explored the relationship among LDL oxidation, TSH levels, and carotid intima-media thickness (IMT), a biomarker of subclinical atherosclerosis.

resultsSerum LDL-C levels and mean-IMT in the significant SCH group were higher than in the euthyroid group (p < 0.05). The HODE and HETE concentrations clearly increased in the significant SCH patients compared with the euthyroid subjects, but there was no difference between the mild SCH and euthyroid groups. Among all subjects, linear and significant positive correlations were identified between TSH and mean-IMT after adjustment for confounding factors (r = 0.480, p = 0.018). Both 9-HODE (r = 0.376, p = 0.041) and 13-HODE (r = 0.447, p = 0.013) in LDL were linearly and positively correlated with TSH. The concentrations of HODEs (both 9-HODE and 13-HODE) in LDL were much higher in the thickened IMT group than in the normal IMT group (p =  .017 and 0.015, respectively). HODEs in LDL were also positively associated with mean-IMT.

conclusionsOur findings showed that lipid peroxidation was higher in the significant SCH patients than in the euthyroid subjects, which suggested that qualitative as well as quantitative changes in serum lipids resulting from SCH may add to atherosclerosis risk.

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Asymptomatic DiseasesAtherosclerosisBody Mass IndexCarotid Intima-Media ThicknessFemaleHumansHydroxyeicosatetraenoic AcidsHypothyroidismLinoleic AcidsLinoleic Acids, ConjugatedLipid PeroxidationLipoproteins, LDLMaleMiddle AgedOxidative StressRisk13-hydroxy-9,11-octadecadienoic acid9-hydroxy-10,12-octadecadienoic acidHydroxyeicosatetraenoic AcidsLinoleic AcidsLinoleic Acids, ConjugatedLipoproteins, LDLoxidized low density lipoproteinThyroxine

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PMID26302822
PMCPMC4548906
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