title: Relationship between thyroid status and renal function in a general population of unselected outpatients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the relationship between thyroid and kidney function.
  
  
  METHODS
  13,383 results of serum creatinine and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) were retrieved from the database of our Laboratory.
  
  
  RESULTS
  When compared with euthyroid subjects, those with TSH <0.2 mIU/L and >2.5 mIU/L had increased and decreased estimated glomerular filtration rate (e-GFR), respectively. TSH levels were an independent predictor of e-GFR.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A mutual relationship was observed between kidney and thyroid status.
authors.affiliation: Sezione di Chimica Clinica, Dipartimento di Scienze Morfologico-Biomediche, Università di Verona, Italy. ulippi@tin.it
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lippi
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Montagnana
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Targher
authors.forename: Gian Luca
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Salvagno
authors.forename: Gian Cesare
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Guidi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000379:methods; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000502:physiology*; D007677:Kidney Function Tests / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000502:physiology*; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D013972:Thyrotropin; D003404:Creatinine