An association between subclinical hypothyroidism and sight-threatening diabetic retinopathy in type 2 diabetic patients

Diabetes Care

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1018-1020

  Yang, Jin Kui ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Shi, Jing ^a   Li, Yi Bing ^b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Beijing Hospitality Institute   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT SELECTION; SCREENING; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; AGED; ASIAN; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 77954923965     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc09-1784     Document Type: Article

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