Higher free thyroxine levels predict increased incidence of dementia in older men: The health in men study

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Yeap, Bu B ^a,d   Alfonso, Helman ^b,c   Chubb, S A Paul ^a,e   Puri, Gaurav ^d   Hankey, Graeme J ^a,e   Flicker, Leon ^a,c,e   Almeida, Osvaldo P ^b,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUTHYROIDISM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEMENTIA; HEALTH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROXINE;

EID: 84870734241     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2012-2108     Document Type: Article

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