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.
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.
Authors: Andrea Radácsi; Gábor Kovács; Wolfdieter Bernard; Joachim Feldkamp; Franz A Horster; István Szabolcs Journal: Endocrine Date: 2003-07 Impact factor: 3.633
Authors: Chan Hee Jung; Ki Chul Sung; Hun Sub Shin; Eun Jung Rhee; Won Young Lee; Bum Soo Kim; Jin Ho Kang; Hyang Kim; Sun Woo Kim; Man Ho Lee; Jung Ro Park; Seon Woo Kim Journal: Korean J Intern Med Date: 2003-09 Impact factor: 2.884