Research Article Details

Article ID: A15308
PMID: 28972487
Source: Georgian Med News
Title: EFFECT THE CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK FACTORS ON VASCULAR AGING IN PATIENTS WITH NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE CONCOMITANT WITH SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM.
Abstract: The article presents the analysis of the relationship between thyroid function abnormality -subclinical hypothyroidism (SH) and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), depending on age peculiarities (>50 years and <50 years), and the risk of cardiovascular complications in this category of patients. Research of early predictors of cardiovascular complications: dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, inflammatory marker- C-reactive protein, marker of vascular aging-telomerase activity and marker of endothelial dysfunction (ED) - CDECs and VEGF-A that have been analyzed are on the front burner. In this regard, the effect of the given values on the formation of cardiac risk in patients with NAFLD combined with SH was studied. 74 patients (29 men (39.2%) and 45 women (60.8%)), with verified NAFLD and SH have been examined. Patients were divided into two clinical groups: group 1 (n=31) - patients with NAFLD, with the mean age 47.2&#177;2.6 years; group 2 (n=43) patients with NAFLD in combination with SH, with the mean age 56,8&#177;6,5 years. Results of the performed tests have shown that patients with NAFLD combined with SH aged over 50 years have pro-atherogenic lipid profile and significantly more pronounced manifestations of endothelial dysfunction. The process of age-dependent shortening of telomere length predominantly in the buccal epithelium is an important point to be made. Consequently, the total effect of cardiometabolic risk factors in patients with NAFLD combined with SH probably is the determining factor of the rate of progression of vascular aging.
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