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  • Metabolism Research
  • Hormone Signaling

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  • Adropin regulates metabolism and energy balance.
  • Hyperthyroidism significantly impacts glucose and lipid metabolism due to increased metabolic rate.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Investigate adropin level changes in hyperthyroidism patients.
  • Determine the association between adropin and clinical parameters in hyperthyroidism.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional study with 90 hyperthyroid patients and 90 controls.
  • Measured serum adropin and thyroid hormone levels (FT3, FT4, TSH).

Main Results:

  • Hyperthyroid patients showed significantly higher serum adropin levels (p < 0.001).
  • Adropin levels positively correlated with FT3 and FT4, negatively with TSH.
  • Multivariate analysis confirmed independent correlations between adropin, FT3, and TSH.

Conclusions:

  • Serum adropin levels are elevated in patients with hyperthyroidism.
  • Adropin concentrations are independently associated with FT3 and TSH levels in hyperthyroidism.