Type 2 diabetes does not predict incident thyroid dysfunction in the elderly.
Thyroid dysfunction was assessed in an older population-based cohort with type 2 diabetes. Among type 2 diabetes subjects, 7.1% had incident thyroid dysfunction versus 3.8% in those without diabetes (odds ratio 1.97, 95% confidence interval 0.88-4.38). Screening of thyroid dysfunction in older diabetes subjects is not supported by these findings.
Gopinath
Bamini
B
Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Wang
Jie Jin
JJ
Kifley
Annette
A
Wall
Jack R
JR
Leeder
Stephen R
SR
Mitchell
Paul
P
D000368:Aged; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*