Lipid Abnormalities and Cardiometabolic Risk in Patients with Overt and Subclinical Thyroid Disease

Table 2

Lipid abnormalities in clinical and subclinical thyroid disorders.

	Clinical hypothyroidism	Subclinical hypothyroidism	Clinical hyperthyroidism	Subclinical hyperthyroidism
Total cholesterol	Increased	Increased or unaltered	Decreased; (rarely unaltered)	Decreased or unaltered
LDL	Increased	Increased; (rarely unaltered)	Decreased; (rarely unaltered)	Decreased or unaltered
HDL	Unaltered or increased	Unaltered; (rarely decreased)	Unaltered or decreased	Unaltered?; (a few data exist)
Lipoprotein (a)	Unaltered or increased	Unaltered; (rarely increased)	Decreased?; (a few data exist)	Unaltered?; (a few data exist)
Triglycerides	Unaltered or increased	Unaltered; (rarely increased)	Unaltered; (rarely decreased)	Unaltered?; (a few data exist)
Apolipoprotein B	Unaltered or increased	Unaltered or increased	Decreased?; (a few data exist)	Unaltered?; (a few data exist)
Apolipoprotein A1	Unaltered or increased	Unaltered (usually)	Unaltered or decreased	Unaltered?; (a few data exist)