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The incidence of ischemic heart disease and mortality in people with subclinical hypothyroidism: reanalysis of the Whickham Survey cohort.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Apr 2010
Razvi Salman, Weaver Jola U, Vanderpump Mark P, Pearce Simon H S
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CONTEXT: The Whickham Survey evaluated vascular events over 20 yr in community-dwelling subjects stratified by thyroid function and thyroid autoantibody status. No association between ischemic heart disease (IHD) and a composite autoimmune thyroid disease group, comprising individuals with subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH), with positive thyroid antibodies or those using levothyroxine, was found. This result...
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