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dc.creatorFardella B,Carlos
dc.creatorPoggi M,Helena
dc.creatorGloger K,Sergio
dc.creatorRojas O,Auristela
dc.creatorVelásquez A,Carmen Gloria
dc.creatorBarroileth D,Sergio
dc.creatorFigueroa R,Roberto
dc.creatorAlvarez B,Cecilia
dc.creatorSalgado M,Carolina
dc.creatorGajardo J,Carlos
dc.creatorForadori C,Arnaldo
dc.creatorMontero L,Joaquín
dc.date2001-02-01
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dc.identifierhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872001000200005
dc.identifier.urihttps://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/206361
dc.descriptionBackground: There is no information about the prevalence of thyroidal diseases in the general Chilean population. Aim: To assess the prevalence of thyroidal diseases in individuals attended in occupational health examinations. Subjects and methods: Four hundred seventy two individuals were examined between 1998 and 1999. In all, serum levels of thyroid hormones, TSH and anti thyroidal antibodies (anti microsomal, anti thyroid peroxidase and anti thyroglobulin) were measured. Results: Forty four subjects were excluded from the study due to an incomplete medical record and 18 due to a personal history of thyroidal disease. Abnormal serum levels of thyroid hormones or TSH were detected in 28 subjects (6.8%). Four (1%) had hypothyroidism, 23 a subclinical hypothyroidism (5.6%) and one (0.2%) had hyperthyroidism. In 87 subjects (21.2%) at least one of the antibodies was positive. Positive anti thyroid antibodies were found in 14 of 28 subjects (50%) with abnormal thyroid hormone levels, compared with 73 of 382 subjects (19.1%) with normal thyroid hormone levels. Thyroid dysfunction was twice as frequent in women than in men. Conclusions: In this sample, a 6.8% prevalence of abnormal thyroid function tests was detected. (Rev Méd Chile 2001; 129: 155-60).
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dc.publisherSociedad Médica de Santiago
dc.relation10.4067/S0034-98872001000200005
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourceRevista médica de Chile v.129 n.2 2001
dc.subjectHyperthyroidism
dc.subjectHypothyroidism
dc.subjectThyroid diseases
dc.subjectThyroid function tests
dc.titleAlta prevalencia de enfermedad tiroidea subclínica en sujetos que concurren a control de salud


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