Type 2 diabetes does not predict incident thyroid dysfunction in the elderly

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Gopinath, Bamini ^a,b   Wang, Jie Jin ^a,c   Kifley, Annette ^a   Wall, Jack R ^d   Leeder, Stephen R ^b   Mitchell, Paul ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Incidence; Thyroid dysfunction; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; THYROID DISEASES;

EID: 55549104349     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2008.08.017     Document Type: Article

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