Publications by authors named "Safiye Arik"
Article Synopsis
- - The study explored the impact of vitamin D levels on lipid profiles among 315 nonsmoking premenopausal women, categorizing participants into four groups based on their vitamin D status.
- - Results indicated that higher vitamin D levels (group 4) were associated with increased HDL cholesterol, while lower vitamin D levels (group 1) correlated with higher triglycerides and non-HDL cholesterol.
- - Despite initial correlations between vitamin D and lipid levels, after adjusting for factors like age and BMI, the study found no significant relationship between vitamin D and total or specific lipid levels, suggesting that obesity may influence this association.
Article Synopsis
- - The study aimed to explore the link between vitamin D deficiency and obesity in healthy premenopausal women, excluding those with diabetes or metabolic syndrome.
- - Researchers found that women with vitamin D deficiency had significantly higher body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) compared to those without deficiency.
- - Results indicated a negative correlation between vitamin D levels and obesity measures, suggesting that low vitamin D might contribute to obesity and abdominal fat accumulation, even in individuals without other related health issues.
Background: Thyroid autoimmunity has been suggested as a risk factor for atherosclerosis independent of thyroid function in several studies. The aim of this study was to investigate whether thyroid autoimmunity had any effect on hyperlipidaemia, obesity and abdominal obesity independent of thyroid function.
Material And Methods: 184 premenopausal female patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) and 150 healthy premenopausal female volunteers as control group (CG) were included in the study.
Background: Vitamin D insufficiency, defined as serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D3] lower than 30 ng/mL, has been reported to be prevalent in several autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis and type 1 diabetes mellitus. The goal of the present study was to assess whether vitamin D insufficiency is also a feature of Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT).
Methods: We performed a prevalence case-control study that included 161 cases with HT and 162 healthy controls.