Thyroid Status and Mortality in a Prospective Hemodialysis Cohort | Zendy

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Thyroid Status and Mortality in a Prospective Hemodialysis Cohort

Author(s) -

Connie M. Rhee,

Amy S. You,

Danh V. Nguyen,

Steven M. Brunelli,

Matthew J. Budoff,

Elani Streja,

Tracy Nakata,

Csaba P. Kövesdy,

Gregory A. Brent,

Kamyar KalantarZadeh

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206

H-Index - 353

eISSN - 1945-7197

pISSN - 0021-972X

DOI - 10.1210/jc.2016-3616

Subject(s) - medicine , hemodialysis , hazard ratio , prospective cohort study , dialysis , proportional hazards model , population , confidence interval , thyroid disease , risk of mortality , cohort study , thyroid , endocrinology , environmental health

Compared with the general population, hemodialysis patients have a substantially higher risk of hypothyroidism, as defined by an elevated serum thyrotropin (TSH) level, and cardiovascular mortality. Whereas an elevated TSH is associated with cardiovascular disease and death in the general population, associations among dialysis patients have been inconsistent.

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