Highlights
- •Low-normal thyroid function within the euthyroid range may impact on health.
- •Whether differences in TSH, FT4 and FT3 influence life expectancy is unknown.
- •2431 euthyroid subjects were followed for 13 years; 218 subjects died.
- •Life expectancy did not vary according to tertiles of TSH, FT4 and FT3.
- •Low-normal thyroid function does not influence life expectancy in euthyroid subjects.
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Publication history
Published online: November 06, 2017
Accepted:
October 23,
2017
Received in revised form:
October 19,
2017
Received:
August 30,
2017
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