Subclinical hypothyroidism is the most widely spread thyroid dysfunction with normal serum levels of free thyroxine (FT4) and elevated serum thyrotropin (TSH) levels. The work was initiated to study prevalence of subclinical hypothyroidism among women aged from 18 to 65 residing in Andijan region, Republic of Uzbekistan. It turned to be 12.4% confidently increasing to 28.3% when TSH upper limit was reduced. Regardless of TSH upper limit subclinical hypothyroidism frequency is higher among women over 40 years of age than among those under 30.
- Klíčová slova
- thyroid peroxidase antibodies,
- MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- hormony štítné žlázy krev MeSH
- hypotyreóza * diagnóza epidemiologie MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mladý dospělý MeSH
- prevalence MeSH
- thyreotropin krev MeSH
- thyroxin krev MeSH
- věkové rozložení MeSH
- Check Tag
- dospělí MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mladý dospělý MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- Geografické názvy
- Uzbekistán MeSH