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Thyroid disease and increased cardiovascular risk.

Moffat J Nyirenda1, David N Clark, Alan R Finlayson

  • 1Endocrine Clinic, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Thyroid : Official Journal of the American Thyroid Association
|August 2, 2005
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Even after thyroid function is normalized, treated thyroid diseases like Graves' disease and toxic multinodular goiter are linked to higher cardiovascular risks. Hashimoto's thyroiditis also increases vascular risk in older adults.

Area of Science:

  • Endocrinology
  • Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Epidemiology

Background:

  • Thyroid dysfunction effects are typically reversible upon euthyroidism.
  • However, data suggest subclinical or treated thyroid disease correlates with elevated vascular risk.
  • The specific nature and treatment of thyroid disease's impact on vascular risk require further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine the extent of vascular risk associated with treated thyroid disease.
  • To explore if the type and treatment of thyroid disease influence this vascular risk.
  • To compare cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease hospitalizations and mortality in thyroid disease patients versus controls.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized medical record linkage to match patients with treated thyroid disease to national hospital discharge and death records.

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  • Assessed hospitalizations for cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease and death.
  • Compared outcomes between patients with various thyroid disease etiologies and control groups.

    • Main Results:

    • Graves' disease patients showed a 1.42-fold increased risk of cardiovascular hospitalizations (p < 0.001).
    • Toxic multinodular goiter was associated with a 1.50-fold increased risk of cardiovascular disease (p = 0.008).
    • Hashimoto's thyroiditis patients over 50 had a threefold increase in cardiovascular admissions compared to controls (23.5% vs. 6.5%, p = 0.003).

    Conclusions:

    • Different forms of treated thyroid disease are linked to increased long-term vascular risk, even after achieving euthyroidism.
    • The underlying mechanisms for this persistent vascular risk are not fully understood.
    • These mechanisms may not be solely dependent on thyroid hormone levels.