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Background  Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and thyroid dysfunction are common in older people, but little is known about how they affect health-related quality of life (HRQoL).    Methods  We assessed HRQoL with the 15D instrument in 329 home-dwelling patients aged ≥ 75 years with stable CVD and compared the results to those of an age- and gender-matched general population ( n  = 103). We also studied the impact of age, BMI, number of medications, thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) concentration, levothyroxine (L-T4) substitution and Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) on HRQoL.    Results  Overall HRQoL was impaired in older people with stable CVD (mean 15D score 0.777 vs 0.801,  p  = 0.001), and also on single dimensions of breathing, sleeping, discomfort and symptoms, distress, vitality (all  p  < 0.001), and depression ( p  = 0.016) compared to the age- and gender-matched general population. Furthermore, in the patients, L-T4 substitution associated with impaired sleeping ( p  = 0.018) and sexual activity ( p  = 0.030). Moreover, MMSE points, number of medications used, age (all  p  < 0.001) and BMI ( p  = 0.009) predicted impaired HRQoL.    Conclusions  Older people with stable CVD are characterized by impaired HRQoL compared to age- and gender-matched controls. We demonstrate that this is the consequence of impaired breathing, sleeping, discomfort and symptoms, distress, vitality, and depression. L-T4 substitution has a negative impact on HRQoL in old patients with stable CVD. MMSE score, number of medications, age and BMI predict worse HRQoL.

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Impaired breathing, sleeping, vitality, and depression, and negative impact of L-T4 treatment characterize health-related quality of life in older people with stable CVD