Source: DGNews  |  Posted 8 years ago

By Paula Moyer

SAN DIEGO, CA -- May 18, 2003 -- Levothyroxine appears to decrease the risk of atherosclerosis for women with subclinical hypothyroidism, researchers reported here on May 15th at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists 12th Annual Meeting and Clinical Congress.

The researchers, from Kocaeli University Medical School, Kocaeli, Turkey, also found that women with subclinical hypothyroidism have high levels of several clotting factors, and decreased levels of antithrombotic factors.

"These findings point to the urgency of more routine thyroid-function screening in women," stated Zeyney Cant