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Maugeri D, Carnazzo G, Russo MS, et al. Altered laboratory thyroid parameters indicating hypothyroidism in elderly subjects. Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 1996;23(1):61-70doi: 10.1016/0167-4943(96)00708-x.
Maugeri, D., Carnazzo, G., Russo, M. S., Di Stefano, F., Catanzaro, S., Campagna, S., Romano, G., Franze, C., Motta, M., & Panebianco, P. (1996). Altered laboratory thyroid parameters indicating hypothyroidism in elderly subjects. Archives of gerontology and geriatrics, 23(1), 61-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-4943(96)00708-x
Maugeri, D, et al. "Altered laboratory thyroid parameters indicating hypothyroidism in elderly subjects." Archives of gerontology and geriatrics vol. 23,1 (1996): 61-70. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-4943(96)00708-x
Maugeri D, Carnazzo G, Russo MS, Di Stefano F, Catanzaro S, Campagna S, Romano G, Franze C, Motta M, Panebianco P. Altered laboratory thyroid parameters indicating hypothyroidism in elderly subjects. Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 1996 Jul-Aug;23(1):61-70. doi: 10.1016/0167-4943(96)00708-x. PMID: 15374167.
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Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 1996 Jul-Aug;23(1):61-70. doi: 10.1016/0167-4943(96)00708-x.

Altered laboratory thyroid parameters indicating hypothyroidism in elderly subjects.

Archives of gerontology and geriatrics

D Maugeri, G Carnazzo, M S Russo, F Di Stefano, S Catanzaro, S Campagna, G Romano, C Franze, M Motta, P Panebianco

Affiliations

  1. Institute of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Catania University, Ospedale Cannizzaro, via Messina 829, 95126 Catania, Italy.

PMID: 15374167 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4943(96)00708-x

Abstract

The altered laboratory thyroid parameters indicating hypothyroidism were evaluated in a series of 3015 subjects over 65 years of age by determining total T3, total T4 and TSH. In addition, clinical signs of hypothyroidism were recorded in a subsample of 300 randomly selected elderly. Our results showed a high prevalence of altered laboratory thyroid parameters indicating hypothyroidism of 17.88%, whereas the real prevalence (both clinical and laboratory) is 1.00% with a female/male ratio of 2.00. The most frequent laboratory alterations was the so-called 'alerted pituitary' status'. The most common clinical signs of hypothyroidism involved the nervous system. We conclude that it is very difficult to diagnose hypothyroidism in the elderly and that the most indicative laboratory alterations seem to be TSH values above 3 IU/ml determined using the IRMA method.

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