Effect of aging on thyroid economy in man.
The effects of aging on the thyroid are discussed under the headings of metabolic indices, thyroid function, hormone production, blood concentration, and thyroregulatory mechanisms. Possibly elderly men differ from elderly women with regard to thyroid economy, but the available data are too few and contradictory to permit drawing firm inferences about the effects of aging.
D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010903:Pituitary Gland, Anterior / Q000502:physiology; D013960:Thyroid Function Tests; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D013963:Thyroid Hormones / Q000378:metabolism; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000502:physiology; D013974:Thyroxine / Q000097:blood
D013963:Thyroid Hormones; D013972:Thyrotropin; D013974:Thyroxine