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Type 2 diabetes does not predict incident thyroid dysfunction in the elderly.

Bamini Gopinath¹, Jie Jin Wang, Annette Kifley

¹Centre for Vision Research, Department of Ophthalmology and Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

|October 8, 2008

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Older adults with type 2 diabetes showed a higher incidence of thyroid dysfunction compared to those without diabetes. However, these findings do not support routine thyroid screening in this population.

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Area of Science:

Gerontology
Endocrinology
Diabetes Research

Background:

Type 2 diabetes is a prevalent condition in older adults.
Thyroid dysfunction is common in the elderly population.
The relationship between type 2 diabetes and thyroid dysfunction in older adults requires further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

To assess the incidence of thyroid dysfunction in an older population-based cohort with type 2 diabetes.
To compare the risk of thyroid dysfunction in older adults with and without type 2 diabetes.

Main Methods:

A population-based cohort study was conducted.
Incident thyroid dysfunction was assessed in older adults.
Data were analyzed comparing subjects with and without type 2 diabetes.

Main Results:

7.1% of older adults with type 2 diabetes developed incident thyroid dysfunction.
3.8% of older adults without diabetes developed incident thyroid dysfunction.
The odds ratio for incident thyroid dysfunction in type 2 diabetes subjects was 1.97 (95% CI 0.88-4.38).

Conclusions:

While a higher incidence of thyroid dysfunction was observed in older adults with type 2 diabetes, the results were not statistically significant.
Current findings do not provide sufficient evidence to support routine thyroid dysfunction screening in older individuals with type 2 diabetes.