Influence of educational level on test and treatment for incident hypothyroidism.
Line Tang MøllehaveRikke Kart JacobsenAllan LinnebergTea SkaabyNils KnudsenTorben JørgensenLine Lund KårhusMargit KriegbaumMia Klinten GrandVolkert SiersmaBent LindChristen Lykkegaard AndersenBirte NygaardBjarke Borregaard MediciInge Bülow PedersenGitte Ravn-HarenBetina Heinsbaek ThuesenPublished in: Clinical endocrinology (2021)
The probability of TSH-measurement was higher with shorter education, and the probability of treatment initiation with TSH > 10 mIU/L was marginally higher with short-medium education compared with long education. However, the probability of treatment initiation with TSH < 5 mIU/L, that is treatment incongruous with guidelines, was substantially higher in persons with long education.