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Our results suggest that the AST/ALT ratio may help identify patients at high risk of vascular end points and might be a convenient, economical, and effective tool for evaluating the risk of atherosclerosis.Background The sodium/iodide (Na+/I-) symporter (NIS) mediates active transport of I- into the thyroid gland. Mutations in the SLC5A5 gene, which encodes NIS, cause I- transport defects (ITDs)-which, if left untreated, lead to congenital hypothyroidism and consequent cognitive and developmental deficiencies. The ITD-causing NIS mut