Endocrine Abstracts

We aimed to evaluate the risk factors for the development of definitive thyroid failure, to analyze the natural course of subclinical hypothyroidism and to quantify the incidence rate of overt hypothyroidism in elderly patients.Two hundred and fourteen patients (186 women and 28 men) over age 60 years with subclinical hypothyroidism and no previous history of thyroid disease were prospectively studied. Subjects were followed up for 6–72 months (mean...