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ey0015.3-16 | Reviews | ESPEYB15

3.16 Global epidemiology of hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism

PN Taylor , D Albrecht , A Scholz , G Gutierrez-Buey , JH Lazarus , CM Dayan , OE Okosieme

To read the full abstract: Nat Rev Endocrinol 2018;14:301-316The authors provide complete information as far as available on the prevalence of hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism and iodine deficiency all over the world. Nutritional iodine is a key determinant of thyroid disease risk. Further factors influencing thyroid disease prevalence are smoking, ageing, genetic susceptibility, and endo...

ey0015.3-5 | Follow-up paper from Yearbook 2012 | ESPEYB15

3.5 Controlled Antenatal Thyroid Screening II: effect of treating maternal suboptimal thyroid function on child cognition

C Hales , PN Taylor , S Channon , R Paradice , K McEwan , L Zhang , M Gyedu , A Bakhsh , O Okosieme , I Muller , MS Draman , JW Gregory , C Dayan , JH Lazarus , DA Rees , M Ludgate

To read the full abstract: J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2018;103:1583-1591The Controlled Antenatal Thyroid Screening (CATS) study started in 2002 and was the first randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effect of screening and treatment of mild hypothyroidism during pregnancy on child cognition1. A large number of women (n=21,846) were recruited at a median ...