Subclinical hypothyroidism is associated with increased risk for cancer mortality in adult taiwanese-A 10 years population- Based cohort

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Tseng, Fen Yu ^a   Lin, Wen Yuan ^b,c,d   Li, Chia Ing ^b,c   Li, Tsai Chung ^b,d,e   Lin, Cheng Chieh ^b,c,d,e   Huang, Kuo Chin ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BETEL NUT; BODY MASS; BONE CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN CANCER; SMOKING; TAIWANESE; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; TAIWAN;

PIPER BETEL;

ADULT; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84926657508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122955     Document Type: Article

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