title: [Thyroid dysfunction and thyroid antibodies in a population group over the age of 70. A prevalence study from Oslo and Naeröy].
abstract: The prevalence of thyroid dysfunction and thyroid antibodies was investigated in a small rural community (Naerøy) and in Oslo. Attendance rates in Naerøy and Oslo were 99 and 71%, respectively. The prevalence of undiagnosed latent hypothyroidism and primary hypothyroidism was 4.0 and 5.3% in women in Oslo and Naerøy respectively and 0 and 3.5% in men. Undiagnosed hyperthyroidism was detected in 1.2% of men in Naerøy and in 1% of women in Oslo. Antibody to the thyroid microsomal antigen in titre greater than or equal to 400 was detected in 10.2 and 17.5% of women and 7.3 and 7.2% of men in Oslo and Naerøy, respectively. Among women with antibody to the thyroid microsomal antigen in both Oslo and Naerøy, and among men in Naerøy, the prevalence of past or present thyroid dysfunction was increased.
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Bjøro
authors: H M
authors: HM
authors: Frey
authors: I F
authors: IF
authors: Larsen
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Brochmann
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Hanson
authors: P I
authors: PI
authors: Gaarder
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006980:Hyperthyroidism / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D009664:Norway; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies
vernacular_title: Thyreoideadysfunksjon og thyreoideaantistoffer i befolkningsgrupper over 70 år. Prevalenseundersøkelser fra Oslo og Naerøy.