Assessment of mortality associated with thyroid status in a cohort of euthyroid older adults from a geriatric outpatient clinic at a university hospital
Aline Saraiva da Silva Correia,
Natália Santana Paiva,
Claudia Medina Coeli
et al.
Abstract:Objective To assess the associations between the mean thyrotropin (TSH) and mean free thyroxine (FT4), detected during follow-up, and mortality in a group of older euthyroid patients according to age-specific reference range (as-RR) for TSH. Method Retrospective survival analysis cohort including euthyroid elderly patients who were being monitored at the outpatient clinic of a university hospital from 2010 to 2013. All participants had been assessed for the risk of functional disability as a criterion for a… Show more
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