Open AccessThyrotropin Levels and Risk of Fatal Coronary Heart Disease
Author(s) -
Bjørn Olav Åsvold,
Trine Bjøro,
Tom Ivar Lund Nilsen,
David Gunnell,
Lars J. Vatten
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.168.8.855
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , thyroid function , confidence interval , diabetes mellitus , cohort , thyroid disease , cohort study , population , coronary heart disease , norwegian , cardiology , reference range , thyroid , endocrinology , environmental health , linguistics , philosophy
Recent studies suggest that relatively low thyroid function within the clinical reference range is positively associated with risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD), but the association with CHD mortality is not resolved.
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