Reference values for TSH may be inadequate to define hypothyroidism in persons with morbid obesity: Di@bet.es study.

Sergio ValdésCristina Maldonado-AraqueAna Lago-SampedroJuan Antonio Lillo-MuñozEduardo Garcia-FuentesVidal Perez-ValeroCarolina Gutiérrez-RepisoEva Garcia-EscobarAlbert GodayInés UrrutiaLaura PeláezAlfonso Calle-PascualElena BordiúLuis CastañoConxa CastellElias DelgadoEdelmiro MenéndezJosep FranchSonia GaztambideJoan GirbésEmilio OrtegaJoan VendrellMatilde R ChacónF Javier ChavesFederico SoriguerGemma Rojo-Martínez

Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2017)

Persons with morbid obesity might be inappropriately classified if the standard ranges of normality of TSH for the normal-weight population are applied to them.

Keyphrases

weight loss
bariatric surgery
weight gain
insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
type diabetes
high fat diet induced
obese patients
body mass index
replacement therapy
staphylococcus aureus
cystic fibrosis