Objective: The currently available data concerning the influence of subclinical thyroid disease (STD) on morbidity and mortality are conflicting. Our objective was to investigate the relationships between STD and cardiometabolic profile and cardiovascular disease at baseline, as well as with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in a 7.5-year follow-up. Design: Prospective, observational study. Methods: An overall of 1110 Japanese-Brazilians aged above 30 years, free of thyroid disease, and not taking thyroid medication at baseline were studied. In a cross-sectional analysis, we investigated the prevalence of STD and its relationship with cardiometabolic profile and cardiovascular disease. All-cause and cardiovascular mortality rates were assessed for participants followed for up to 7.5 years. Association between STD and mortality was drawn using multivariate analysis, adjusting for potential confounders. Results: A total of 913 (82.3%) participants had euthyroidism, 99 (8.7%) had subclinical hypothyroidism, and 69 (6.2%) had subclinical hyperthyroidism. At baseline, no association was found between STD and cardiometabolic profile or cardiovascular disease. Multivariate-adjusted hazard ratios (HRs (95% confidence interval)) for all-cause mortality were significantly higher for individuals with both subclinical hyperthyroidism (HR, 3.0 (1.5-5.9); nZ14) and subclinical hypothyroidism (HR, 2.3 (1.2-4.4); nZ13) than for euthyroid subjects. Cardiovascular mortality was significantly associated with subclinical hyperthyroidism (HR, 3.3 (1.4-7.5); nZ8), but not with subclinical hypothyroidism (HR, 1.6 (0.6-4.2); nZ5). Conclusion: In the Japanese-Brazilian population, subclinical hyperthyroidism is an independent risk factor for all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, while subclinical hypothyroidism is associated with all-cause mortality.

Parity, abortion, and the use of estrogens are not associated with thyroid autoimmunity in this population. These findings reinforce previous reports that advocated against a key role of fetal microchimerism in the pathogenesis of autoimmune thyroid disease.

We evaluated the impact of a lifestyle intervention on the cardiometabolic risk profile of women participating in the

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RESUMOEste estudo teve como objetivo avaliar a associação entre hiperlipidemia e dieta de nipo-brasileiros de Bauru, município do Estado de São Paulo. Foram obtidos de 1.330 indivíduos dados mediante questionários previamente testados (dados demográficos e dietéticos). Os exames físicos e laboratoriais incluíram a coleta (ou dosagem) antropométrica, de pressão arterial, de glicemia de jejum e de 2 horas, de perfil lipídico e de TSH e T4 livre. Utilizaram-se teste qui-quadrado e medida de odds ratio para avaliar associação entre as variáveis estudadas e presença de hiperlipidemia. Foi encontrado 81,5% de hiperlipidêmicos e acometeu, principalmente, indivíduos tabagistas, com excesso de peso, hipotireoidismo, hipertensão arterial e intolerância a glicose. Observaram-se, mediante análise bruta, relações entre hiperlipidemia e ácido graxo saturado, ácido oléico e fibras de grãos e cereais. Após o ajuste para as variáveis de controle, observaram-se associações entre hiperlipidemia e consumo de lípides (totais, ácido oléico, saturados e trans), fibras e álcool. Conclui-se que mudanças no estilo de vida, particularmente no hábito alimentar, podem levar a uma melhora do quadro hiperlipidêmico e que o consumo de lípides pode ser um dos principais fatores para o aumento da hiperlipidemia. Estudos prospectivos auxiliarão para testar essas hipóteses nos nipo-brasileiros de Bauru. This study aimed at evaluating the association between hyperlipidemia and dietary patterns of Japanese Brazilians with and without hypothyroidism from Bauru, city in the State of São Paulo. We evaluated 1,330 individuals by means of demographic and dietary measurement, whom were gotten through standardized questionnaires previously tested. Clinical examination and laboratory data were anthropometry, blood pressure, fasting and 2-h glucose load, lipid profile and TSH and free T4. The chi-square and the odds ratio were used to evaluate associations between hyperlipidemia with studied variables. The prevalence of hyperlipidemia was 81.5% and it was associated with smokers, overweight, hypothyroid, hypertensive and glucose intolerants. We observed, in crude analysis, relationships with the presence of hyperlipidemia and fat saturated, oleic acid and dietary fiber from grains and cereals. After adjusting for the control variables, we observed relationships between hyperlipidemia (hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia) with habitual intake of total fat, oleic acid, saturated fat, trans fat, dietary fiber and alcohol. As a conclusion, changes in the style of life, particularly in the dietary habits, can improve lipidic profile and that lipids intake can be a risk factor for hyperlipidemia. Prospectives studies will help test the hypothesis in Japanese Brazilians from Bauru. (Arq Bras Endocrinol Metab 2007;51/4:547-558)