Endocrine Abstracts

Objectives: Iodine fortification (IF) induces an initial increase followed by a decrease in the incidence of hyperthyroidism in the population. Also, the sex-, age-, and subtype distribution of hyperthyroid cases changes after IF. The risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) in hyperthyroid patients is influenced by these factors. Therefore, we aimed to examine how the association between incident hyperthyroidism and atrial fibrillation was affected by an IF increasing the population ...