Thyroid function and cardiovascular disease risk factors in euthyroid adults: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective and design

We explored the cross-sectional and longitudinal associations of thyroid function within the normal range with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and adiposity measures.

Patients and measurements

A total of 3483 (50·4% women) participants for the cross-sectional CVD study and 1630 (41·2% women) participants for the cross-sectional body composition substudy were drawn from the Framingham Third Generation Exam 1; 2912 participants (50·1% women) for the longitudinal CVD study and 713 participants (35·9% women) for the longitudinal body composition substudy were drawn from the Framingham Third Generation Exams 1-2. Thyroid function was assessed by thyrotropin [thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH)] and free thyroxine (fT4) concentrations within the refere

SUBMITTER: Lee JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5589187 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature