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Abdominal Obesity Phenotypes and Incidence of Thyroid Autoimmunity: A 9-Year Follow-up.
Endocrine research - 1 Aug 2020
Amouzegar Atieh, Kazemian Elham, Abdi Hengameh, Gharibzadeh Safoora, Tohidi Maryam, Azizi Fereidoun
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PURPOSE: The association between obesity and autoimmune diseases has been suggested by several previous studies. The objective of our study was to assess the association of abdominal obesity phenotypes with thyroid autoimmunity. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study was conducted within the framework of a population-based cohort study, Tehran Thyroid Study (TTS) on 4708 subjects without thyroid autoimmunity at...
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