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http://hdl.handle.net/10668/10947| Title: | Reference values for TSH may be inadequate to define hypothyroidism in persons with morbid obesity: Di@bet.es study. |
| Authors: | Valdés, Sergio Maldonado-Araque, Cristina Lago-Sampedro, Ana Lillo-Muñoz, Juan Antonio Garcia-Fuentes, Eduardo Perez-Valero, Vidal Gutiérrez-Repiso, Carolina Garcia-Escobar, Eva Goday, Albert Urrutia, Inés Peláez, Laura Calle-Pascual, Alfonso Bordiú, Elena Castaño, Luis Castell, Conxa Delgado, Elias Menéndez, Edelmiro Franch-Nadal, Josep Gaztambide, Sonia Girbés, Joan Ortega, Emilio Vendrell, Joan Chacón, Matilde R Javier Chaves, F Soriguer, Federico Rojo-Martínez, Gemma |
| metadata.dc.subject.mesh: | Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Autoantibodies Cross-Sectional Studies Female Humans Hypothyroidism Male Middle Aged Obesity, Morbid Observer Variation Overweight Prevalence Reference Values Spain Thinness Thyroid Function Tests Thyrotropin Thyroxine Triiodothyronine Young Adult |
| Issue Date: | 9-Mar-2017 |
| Abstract: | To analyze the reference range of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) in different BMI categories and its impact on the classification of hypothyroidism. The study included 3,928 individuals free of thyroid disease (without previous thyroid disease, no interfering medications, TSH The reference range (p2.5-97.5) for TSH was estimated as 0.6 to 4.8 µUI/mL in the underweight category (BMI Persons with morbid obesity might be inappropriately classified if the standard ranges of normality of TSH for the normal-weight population are applied to them. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10668/10947 |
| metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | 10.1002/oby.21796 |
| Appears in Collections: | Producción 2020 |
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