Elevated serum TSH concentrations are associated with higher BMI Z-scores in southern Iranian children and adolescents

BACKGROUND: Subclinical hypothyroidism is defined as elevated TSH levels while T4 or FT4 levels are normal. Elevated TSH levels are linked with obesity in adults. In a recent meta-analysis in Iran, 6.1% of children below 18 had obesity. Due to the low number of studies on the subject in children we,...

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Autores principales: Habib, Ashkan, Molayemat, Mohadeseh, Habib, Asadollah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7293126/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32547643
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13044-020-00084-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7293126/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32547643
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13044-020-00084-9

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