Endocrine Abstracts

Background: The acitivity of the TSH receptor stimulating antibody is known to be associated with Graves’ eye disease. However, the association between antibody titer and thyroid function was not significant, in previous studies. Taking into account the continuous changes in antibody titer and thyroid function during treatment, the association between thyroid function and clinical factors needed to be analyzed using panel analysis.Methods: A total o...

Thyroid dysfunction is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in general population, but it remains controversial whether the treatment of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) including thyroidectomy and thyroid stimulating hormone suppression add any risk of CVD compared to general population. We performed a systematic review of observational studies reporting associations between DTC and CVD in MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web of Science and other source (PROSPERO...

Background: The association between thyroid cancer and skeletal outcomes has not been thoroughly investigated. We aimed to investigate the risk of osteoporotic fractures in patients with thyroid cancer compared with a matched control group.Methods: This retrospective cohort study included 2,514 patients with thyroid cancer and 75,420 matched controls from the Korean National Health Insurance Service-National Sample Cohort (NHIS-NSC, 2006-2019). Rates of ...