Higher Prevalence of Non-thyroidal-Illness Syndrome in Elderly Male Patients With Active Helicobacter pylori Infection.

ABSTRACT: Objective: It is currently unclear whether the Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection leads to associated alterations in thyroid functions and thyroidal illnesses. This study aims to analyse this relationship in an elderly male cohort over a five-year period. Design: A case retrospective study. Methods: A longitudinal study was designed to collect subjects (≥65 years old) receiving both a thyroid examination and H. pylori infection status determined by ¹³C-urea breath test in 2013 at our unit. Subjects were followed every 1 to 2 years until December 2017 for laboratory results, visits to outpatient clinics/emergency departments etc. Blood tests and thyroid ultrasonography were performed to determine thyroid function and morphology. Result

SUBMITTER: Sun B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8295606 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature