Serum TSH level in healthy koreans and the association of TSH with serum lipid concentration and metabolic syndrome

Korean Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 432-439

  Lee, Yeo Kyung ^a   Kim, Jo Eun ^a   Oh, Hyun Ju ^a   Park, Kyung Sun ^a   Kim, Soo Kyung ^a   Park, Seok Won ^a   Kim, Moon Jong ^b   Cho, Yong Wook ^a  

^a Institute for Child Health Policy   (South Korea)

^b CHA University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Metabolic syndrome; Thyroid function tests; Thyrotropin

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; KOREAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; REFERENCE VALUE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84862957564     PISSN: 12263303     EISSN: 20056648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2011.26.4.432     Document Type: Article

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