Five-year incidence and progression of thyroid dysfunction in an older population

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 642-649

  Gopinath, B ^a,b   Wang, J J ^a,b   Kifley, A ^a   Wall, J R ^c   Eastman, C J ^d   Leeder, S R ^b   Mitchell, P ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blue Mountains Eye Study; incidence; progression; thyroid dysfunction; thyrotropin; thyroxine

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HOMOCYSTEINE; THYROTROPIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INCIDENCE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OVERT HYPERTHYROIDISM; OVERT HYPOTHYROIDISM; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCLINICAL HYPERTHYROIDISM; SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; RISK FACTORS; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 77956851395     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2009.02156.x     Document Type: Article

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