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MEDICINA CLINICA
卷 117, 期 14, 页码 534-535出版社
EDICIONES DOYMA S/L
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-7753(01)72169-0
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elderly; thyroid; nursing home
BACKGROUND: Our aim was to determine the prevalence of subclinical thyroid disease in a healthy institutionalised geriatric population. PATIENTS AND METHOD: We determined TSH, free T4 and antithyroid antibodies from 242 healthy elderly subjects living in Andalusian public nursing homes. RESULTS: Subclinical hypothyroidism was detected in 3.71% of cases; clinical hypothyroidism in 1.65%; subclinical hyperthyroidism in 0.82%, and autoimmune disease in 10.33%. CONCLUSIONS: There is a high rate of clinically undetected thyroid dysfunction among the healthy institutionalised geriatric population. Therefore, a hormonal screening may be justified in this population.
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