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20th European Congress of Endocrinology

Barcelona, Spain
19 May 2018 - 22 May 2018

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ECE 2018, 19 - 22 May 2018; Barcelona, Spain

Plenary Lectures

Does therapy for thyroid dysfunction decrease mortality?

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Does therapy for thyroid dysfunction decrease mortality?

Hegedus Laszlo

Background: Meta-analyses have questioned whether mortality is increased in hyper- and hypothyroid individuals, and if so the magnitude. This is mainly due to inadequate size of study populations, differences in study design and participant characteristics, lack of control for confounders and whether the participants are treated.Materials: Using record-linkage data from nationwide Danish health registers, and after adjustment for preexisting morbidity, a...