Relationship between thyroid-stimulating hormone and blood pressure in the middle-aged and elderly population

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 401-405

  Jian, Wei Xia ^a   Jin, Jie ^a   Qin, Li ^a   Fang, Wen Jun ^a   Chen, Xue Ru ^a   Chen, Han Bei ^a   Su, Qing ^a   Xing, Hui Li ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b Yangsi Hospital of Shanghai   (China)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Hypothyroidism; Insulin resistance; Thyrotropin

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EUTHYROIDISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THYROID FUNCTION; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 84880604926     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11622/smedj.2013142     Document Type: Article

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