Excess Mortality in Treated and Untreated Hyperthyroidism Is Related to Cumulative Periods of Low Serum TSH | Zendy

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Excess Mortality in Treated and Untreated Hyperthyroidism Is Related to Cumulative Periods of Low Serum TSH

Author(s) -

Mads LillevangJohansen,

Bo Abrahamsen,

Henrik L. Jørgensen,

Thomas Heiberg Brix,

László Hegedűs

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1945-7197

pISSN - 0021-972X

DOI - 10.1210/jc.2017-00166

Subject(s) - medicine , euthyroid , hazard ratio , subclinical infection , proportional hazards model , confidence interval , endocrinology , excess mortality , thyroid , gastroenterology , mortality rate

Cumulative time-dependent excess mortality in hyperthyroid patients has been suggested. However, the effect of antithyroid treatment on mortality, especially in subclinical hyperthyroidism, remains unclarified. We investigated the association between hyperthyroidism and mortality in both treated and untreated hyperthyroid individuals.

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