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Introduction Hypothyroidism, including overt and subclinical hypothyroidism is a common disease among people. The former is defined as increased serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels and reduced free peripheral thyroid hormone (TH
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Introduction Autoimmune thyroiditis (AIT) is the most common autoimmune thyroid disease ( 1 , 2 ). Because of varying degree of thyroid destruction, AIT patients manifest with different thyroid function including euthyroidism, subclinical or
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hormone (TSH) <0.1 or ≥10 μU/mL ( 47 ). Especially in patients suffering from congestive heart failure, both subclinical hypothyroidism and overt hypothyroidism are associated with increased mortality ( 48 ). The same is true for patients hospitalized for
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, depending on the iodine intake in the investigated area and the ethnic background ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ). TAI is the strongest predictor for the development of subclinical or overt thyroid dysfunction in the preconception, during pregnancy, and in
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disease in PCOS. The possible clinical and metabolic side effects of subclinical hypothyroidism in PCOS are currently debated. A recent meta-analysis included TSH data from 577 women with PCOS and subclinical hypothyroidism (elevated TSH and normal
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-known enhanced bone turnover in subclinical hyperthyroidism, both exogenous (due to T 4 treatment) and endogenous (21) . However, no difference was found in the PINP levels of patients on T 4 vs T 3 monotherapy (12) . It is not clear whether our findings are
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years without overt thyroid dysfunction. Hence, AITD often goes unnoticed until the onset of hypothyroidism later in life ( 29 ). Furthermore, a recent meta-analysis has demonstrated that the presence of subclinical hypothyroidism in PCOS women produces
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controversial results on the effect of subclinical hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism on health, a randomised controlled trial showed that treatment of subclinical hypothyroidism appears beneficial for women who were undergoing in vitro fertilisation ( 11
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adjustment for multiple comparisons ( 22 ). The same tests were used to compare the three groups of subjects based on cortisol level secretion (normal N, subclinical SC and excessive CS cortisol secretion) and between the three groups of bilateral tumors
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elevated FT3 and (or) FT4 levels with reduced serum TSH level; hypothyroidism as decreased FT3 and (or) FT4 levels with increased TSH level; subclinical hyperthyroidism as decreased serum TSH level and normal serum FT4 and FT3 levels ( 22 ); and subclinical