Serum cholesterol levels in relation to serum thyroid stimulating hormone

Objective: To evaluate the relation between serum thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and cholesterol (CHL). Patients and methods: This is an interventional study on 100 patients from the period of January 2017 to December 2017. All patients completed a questionnaire including age, sex, occupation, residence, present symptoms and duration, previous medical and drugs history, previous surgical history, vaccination. Clinical and physical examination were done to all patient. Completed all investigation including laboratory and radiological investigation. Results: One hundred patients were studied, 63 female (63%) and 37 male (37%) and female to male ratio was (1.7: 1). The age ranged from 25 years to 70 years, with a mean age of 40 years + 5 years. The majority being in the fifth decade of life constituting 38 patients (38%). Also our study showed that the lower level of CHL is 177mg /dl and the higher level is 402mg/ dl and the mean level is 258.5mg/ dl. The lower level of TSH is 4.5 miu /ml and the higher level is mor than 100 miu /ml and the mean level is 32.4 miu/ml. Conclusions: There is an association between serum cholesterol and TSH levels.