Endogenous subclinical thyroid disorders, physical and cognitive function, depression, and mortality in older individuals

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 545-554

  De Jongh, Renate T ^a   Lips, Paul ^a   Van Schoor, Natasja M ^a   Rijs, Kelly J ^a   Deeg, Dorly J H ^a   Comijs, Hannie C ^a   Kramer, Mark H H ^a   Vandenbroucke, Jan P ^b   Dekkers, Olaf M ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBCLINICAL THYROID DISEASE; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NETHERLANDS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 80053549537     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-11-0430     Document Type: Article

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