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Defining Optimal Health Range for Thyroid Function Based on the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

Author(s) -

Layal Chaker,

Tim I.M. Korevaar,

Dimitris Rizopoulos,

TinhHai Collet,

Henry Völzke,

Albert Hofman,

Nicolas Rodondi,

Anne Rentoumis Cappola,

Robin P. Peeters,

Oscar H. Franco

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.2017-00410

Subject(s) - percentile , medicine , thyroid function , thyroid disease , thyroid , disease , relative risk , pediatrics , confidence interval , statistics , mathematics

Reference ranges of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and free thyroxine (FT4) are defined by their distribution in apparently healthy populations (2.5th and 97.5th percentiles), irrespective of disease risk, and are used as cutoffs for defining and clinically managing thyroid dysfunction.

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