title: [Evaluation of low density lipoprotein oxidation in a course of hypothyroidism].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of hypothyroidism on oxidative modification of low density lipoprotein (LDL).
  
  
  METHODS
  24 patients with overt hypothyroidism and 10 patients with mild hypothyroidism were enrolled to the study. The control group consisted of 24 healthy subjects with normal serum TSH. Plasma level of oxidized LDL (oxLDL) and serum level of antibodies against oxidized LDL (anti-oxLDL) determined lipoprotein oxidation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significantly increased plasma oxLDL levels were found in patients with overt hypothyroidism in comparison to patients with mild hypothyroidism and control group. Anti-oxLDL levels in patients with overt or mild hypothyroidism and in the control group showed no significant differences. OxLDL plasma levels in patients with hypothyroidism inversely correlated with FT(4) levels and positively correlated with TSH, total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol and triglycerides levels.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The presented study indicates increased lipoprotein oxidation in patients with hypothyroidism which depends on the degree of hypothyroidism and changes in lipid profile. Elevated cholesterol and triglycerides levels are the factors increasing lipoprotein oxidation. Plasma oxLDL levels may constitute a useful marker indicating the risk for atherosclerosis in hypothyroidism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathobiochemistry and Clinical Chemistry, The Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń. lampka@cm.umk.pl
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lampka
authors.forename: Roman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Junik
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nowicka
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kardymowicz
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kaczorowski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000906:Antibodies / Q000097:blood; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D015415:Biomarkers; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL; C099252:oxidized low density lipoprotein