Subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH) is not associated with metabolic derangement, cognitive impairment, depression or poor quality of life (QoL) in elderly subjects

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Park, Young Joo ^a,c   Lee, Eun Jung ^a   Lee, You Jin ^b   Choi, Sung Hee ^a,c   Park, Joon Hyuk ^c   Lee, Seok Bum ^d   Lim, Soo ^a,c   Lee, Won Woo ^c   Jang, Hak C ^a,c   Cho, Bo Youn ^a   Woo, Jong Inn ^a   Kim, Ki Woong ^a,c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Dankook University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Metabolic dysfunction in elderly; Neuropsychological function; Subclinical hypothyroidism

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAT CONTENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; KOREA; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; METABOLIC DISEASES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 77649337762     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2009.05.015     Document Type: Article

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