Association of Thyroid Function With Life Expectancy With and Without Cardiovascular Disease
Author(s) -
Arjola Bano,
Klodian Dhana,
Layal Chaker,
Maryam Kavousi,
M. Arfan Ikram,
Francesco MattaceRaso,
Robin P. Peeters,
Oscar H. Franco
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
jama internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.14
H-Index - 342
eISSN - 2168-6114
pISSN - 2168-6106
DOI - 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.4836
Subject(s) - medicine , euthyroid , interquartile range , hazard ratio , life expectancy , thyroid function , thyroid disease , rotterdam study , thyroid , population , prospective cohort study , cohort study , cohort , incidence (geometry) , thyroid function tests , confidence interval , demography , physics , environmental health , sociology , optics
Variations in thyroid function within reference ranges are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality. However, the impact of thyroid function on life expectancy (LE) and the number of years lived with and without CVD remains unknown.
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