title: Prevalence of hypothyroidism in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis.
abstract: The prevalence of thyroid disease and thyroid autoantibodies was evaluated in 367 patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and/or giant cell arteritis (GCA). Thirty-seven patients had antibodies to thyroid microsomes or thyroglobulin; 18 had hypothyroidism requiring thyroxine replacement therapy. The prevalence of hypothyroidism (4.9%) was significantly greater than that found in 84 control subjects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology, St Peter's Hospital, Chertsey, Surrey.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bowness
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shotliff
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Middlemiss
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Myles
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000032:analysis; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D008861:Microsomes / Q000276:immunology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011111:Polymyalgia Rheumatica / Q000150:complications*; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013954:Thyroglobulin / Q000276:immunology; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D013954:Thyroglobulin