Childhood weight gain and thyroid autoimmunity at age 60-64 years: The 1946 British birth cohort study

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1435-1442

  Ong, Ken K ^a,b   Kuh, Diana ^a   Pierce, Mary ^a   Franklyn, Jayne A ^c  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; THYROID PEROXIDASE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILDHOOD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AUTOIMMUNITY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDITIS, AUTOIMMUNE; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876248594     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2012-3761     Document Type: Article

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