The importance of thyroid microsomal antibodies in the development of elevated serum TSH in middle‐aged women: associations with serum lipids

Abstract

The determination of serum TMA in middle-aged women can identify an important group of women at risk of developing an elevated serum TSH. TMA measurement is of potential use in the prevention of cardiovascular disease. An elevated serum TSH, however, in our study-group does not seem to be accompanied by an abnormal lipid profile, as reported by others.