Trends in Prevalence of Thyroid Dysfunction and its Associations with Mortality Among US Participants, 1988-2012.
Xiaowen ZhangYong WangHongwei WangXinlin ZhangPublished in: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism (2023)
The prevalence of subclinical thyroid dysfunction remained relatively unchanged, while that of overt thyroid dysfunction decreased. Subclinical hypothyroidism was associated with a higher mortality among individuals aged 65 years or older.