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CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY
卷 53, 期 6, 页码 733-737出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2000.01146.x
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AIMS AND SUBJECTS We investigated the prospective relationship between thyroid status and the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease among a random sample of 1843 participants, aged 55 years and over, from the population-based prospective Rotterdam Study. METHODS Thyroid status was measured at baseline (1990-93), through assessment of serum antibodies to thyroid peroxidase (TPO-Abs, positive: >10 IU/ml), serum TSH levels, and when TSH was abnormal (<0.4 or >4.0 mU/I), serum thyroxin levels (T4). At baseline and at follow up, after on average 2 years, participants were screened for dementia, Diagnoses were based on international criteria. RESULTS Persons with reduced TSH levels at baseline had a more than threefold increased risk of dementia (RR = 3.5, 95% CI: 1.2-10.0) and of Alzheimer's disease (RR = 3.5, 95% CI: 1.1-11.5), after adjustment for age and sex. Among persons with reduced TSH levels, T4 levels appeared to be positively related to the risk of dementia (RR per SD increase = 2.9, 95% CI: 0.7-12.2), although none of those who became demented had a T4 level above the normal range (>140 nmol/l), The risk of dementia was especially increased in subjects with low TSH who were positive for TPO-Abs (RR = 23.7, 95% CI: 4.0-140). CONCLUSIONS This is the first prospective study to suggest that subclinical hyperthyroidism in the elderly increases the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
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