Subclinical hypothyroidism and functional mobility in older adults

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 2011-2017

  Simonsick, Eleanor M ^a   Newman, Anne B ^b   Ferrucci, Luigi ^a   Satterfield, Suzanne ^c   Harris, Tamara B ^d   Rodondi, Nicolas ^e   Bauer, Douglas C ^f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDURANCE; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; FITNESS; GAIT; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TENNESSEE; THYROTROPIN; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 73249141469     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.392     Document Type: Article

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