Prevalence of thyroid dysfunction among Iranian older adults: a cross-sectional study
Maryam Mirahmad, Asieh Mansour, Mitra Moodi, Elaheh Safkhani, Vahid Haghpanah, Pooria Asili, Hossein Fakhrzadeh, Moloud Payab, Mahbube Ebrahimpur, Masoumeh Khorashadi, Huriye Khodabakhshi, Ali Akbar Esmaeili, Gholamreza Sharifzadeh, Asghar Zarban, Farshad Sharifi, Sayed Mahmoud Sajjadi-Jazi · 2023
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Description
Thyroid problems grow more common with age, yet how common they are among older Iranians was little known. Maryam Mirahmad and co-authors measured thyroid function in 2023 in 363 adults aged sixty to ninety-four, drawn from a long running aging study in Birjand. Blood tests and drug histories sorted each person into working, underactive, or overactive thyroid groups.
About twenty-four percent showed some thyroid dysfunction. Nearly all of it was an underactive thyroid, and most of that was mild, with no clear symptoms. Women were affected more than men, and rates rose with age. Overactive thyroid stayed rare, near two percent. The authors call for more study of thyroid care in this age group.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Maryam Mirahmad, Asieh Mansour, Mitra Moodi, Elaheh Safkhani, Vahid Haghpanah, Pooria Asili, Hossein Fakhrzadeh, Moloud Payab, Mahbube Ebrahimpur, Masoumeh Khorashadi, Huriye Khodabakhshi, Ali Akbar Esmaeili, Gholamreza Sharifzadeh, Asghar Zarban, Farshad Sharifi, Sayed Mahmoud Sajjadi-Jazi |
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| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 20 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |