title: Plasma high density lipoprotein cholesterol in thyroid disease.
abstract: The plasma levels of high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) were reduced in 16 hyperthyroid female patients compared to 37 euthyroid women (33.5 +/- 8 vs. 51.5 +/- 13 mg/dl (mean +/- SD); P less than 0.001). When 5 patients were restudied after restoration of the euthyroid state, plasma HDL-C increased from 29 +/- 5 to 43 +/- 11.5 mg/dl (P less than 0.05). In addition, in 22 hypothyroid women, HDL-C levels were also diminished compared to the euthyroid group (43.4 +/- 15.5 vs. 51.5 +/- 13 mg/dl; P less than 0.05). Nine patients were restudied after L-T4 replacement therapy; their levels of HDL-C increased but not to a statistically significant degree. The daily administration of 0.3 mg L-T4 to eight normal male volunteers for 1 month did not significantly affect HDL-C levels.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000097:blood*; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL; D002784:Cholesterol; D013974:Thyroxine