Moderate alcohol consumption may protect against overt autoimmune hypothyroidism: A population-based case-control study

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 483-490

  Carlé, Allan ^a   Pedersen, Inge Bülow ^a   Knudsen, Nils ^b   Perrild, Hans ^b   Ovesen, Lars ^c   Rasmussen, Lone Banke ^d   Jørgensen, Torben ^e   Laurberg, Peter ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c SLAGELSE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e Research Centre for Disease Prevention and Health   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE HYPOTHYROIDISM; BEER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING; WINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; ALGORITHMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; RISK FACTORS; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866664940     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-12-0356     Document Type: Article

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