Prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in older Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes-A multicenter cross-sectional observational study across China.

Prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in older Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes-A multicenter cross-sectional observational study across China.

Type 2 diabetes [T2D] and thyroid dysfunction [TD] often co-occur, have overlapping pathologies, and their risk increases with age. Since 1995, universal salt iodization has been implemented in China to prevent disorders caused by iodine deficiency. However, after two decades of implementation of un...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yu Zhu, Fengmei Xu, Jie Shen, Youshuo Liu, Changhua Bi, Jing Liu, Yufeng Li, Xueqin Wang, Zhengnan Gao, Linlang Liang, Yanyan Chen, Weiping Sun, Qingbo Guan, Junqing Zhang, Zuojie Luo, Lixin Guo, Xiaopin Cai, Ling Li, Lingling Xiu, Li Yan, Chunlin Li, Xiaoyun Shi, Mei Zhu, Jian Kuang, Guangwei Li, Linong Ji
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216151

Internet

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216151

Similar Items