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Changes in Body Compositions and Basal Metabolic Rates during Treatment of Graves' Disease.

Min Joo KimSun Wook ChoSumin ChoiDal Lae JuDo Joon ParkYoung Joo Park
Published in: International journal of endocrinology (2018)
Treatment of Graves' disease increased body weight and fat mass transiently with decreased REE. However, long-term compositional changes moved in a beneficial direction increasing lean mass and reinforcing muscle strength, following decreasing fat percentages.
Keyphrases
  • body weight
  • adipose tissue
  • fatty acid
  • bone mineral density
  • postmenopausal women
  • combination therapy
  • body composition
  • replacement therapy
  • smoking cessation