Thyroid Function and Obesity: From Mechanisms to the Benefits of Levothyroxine in Obese Patient.
CONCLUSION: Replacement therapy should be reserved to patients with obvious signs of subclinical or clinical hypothyroidism.
DEFINITIONS: Basal metabolic rate (BMR) or basal energy expenditure (BEE): measurement obtained under total inactivity and controlled research conditions; resting energy expenditure (REE): measurement obtained when an individual is sitting quietly (is mildly higher than BMR/BEE).
PMID: 33461477 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Endocrine, Metabolic and Immune Disorders Drug Targets - Category: Endocrinology Authors: De Geronimo V, Cannarella R, La Vignera S Tags: Endocr Metab Immune Disord Drug Targets Source Type: research
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