title: Thyroid function tests in the elderly in the community.
abstract: A study of the well elderly living at home has demonstrated that the ranges for serum thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3) uptake and free-thyroxine index (FTI) are much narrower than those for the sick elderly in-patient. The prevalence of thyroid disease appears similar in both types of elderly population.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008131:London; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013960:Thyroid Function Tests; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000097:blood; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D014284:Triiodothyronine; D013974:Thyroxine