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Outcomes of Thyroid Dysfunction in People Aged Eighty Years and Older: An Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis of Four Prospective Studies (Towards Understanding Longitudinal International Older People Studies Consortium)
- Source :
- Thyroid, Thyroid. MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC, 2020.
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Abstract
- Background: Subclinical and overt thyroid dysfunction is easily detectable, often modifiable, and, in younger age groups, has been associated with clinically relevant outcomes. Robust associations in very old persons, however, are currently lacking. This study aimed to investigate the associations between (sub-)clinical thyroid dysfunction and disability in daily living, cognitive function, depressive symptoms, physical function, and mortality in people aged 80 years and older. Methods: Four prospective cohorts participating in the Towards Understanding Longitudinal International older People Studies (TULIPS) consortium were included. We performed a two-step individual participant data meta-analysis on source data from community-dwelling participants aged 80 years and older from the Netherlands, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and Japan. Outcome measures included disability in daily living (disability in activities of daily living [ADL] questionnaires), cognitive function (Mini-Mental State Examination [MMSE]), depressive symptoms (Geriatric Depression Scale [GDS]), physical function (grip strength) at baseline and after 5 years of follow-up, and all-cause five-year mortality. Results: Of the total 2116 participants at baseline (mean age 87 years, range 80-109 years), 105 participants (5.0%) were overtly hypothyroid, 136 (6.4%) subclinically hypothyroid, 1811 (85.6%) euthyroid, 60 (2.8%) subclinically hyperthyroid, and 4 (0.2%) overtly hyperthyroid. Participants with thyroid dysfunction at baseline had nonsignificantly different ADL scores compared with euthyroid participants at baseline and had similar MMSE scores, GDS scores, and grip strength. There was no difference in the change of any of these functional measures in participants with thyroid dysfunction during five years of follow-up. Compared with the euthyroid participants, no 5-year survival differences were identified in participants with overt hypothyroidism (hazard ratio [HR] 1.0, 95% confidence interval [CI 0.6-1.6]), subclinical hypothyroidism (HR 0.9 [CI 0.7-1.2]), subclinical hyperthyroidism (HR 1.1 [CI 0.8-1.7]), and overt hyperthyroidism (HR 1.5 [CI 0.4-5.9]). Results did not differ after excluding participants using thyroid-influencing medication. Conclusions: In community-dwelling people aged 80 years and older, (sub-)clinical thyroid dysfunction was not associated with functional outcomes or mortality and may therefore be of limited clinical significance.
- Subjects :
- Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
endocrine system
Time Factors
Activities of daily living
endocrine system diseases
thyroid dysfunction
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
030209 endocrinology & metabolism
Thyroid Function Tests
Hyperthyroidism
Risk Assessment
03 medical and health sciences
Grip strength
0302 clinical medicine
Endocrinology
Hypothyroidism
Risk Factors
medicine
Humans
Euthyroid
Prospective Studies
Prospective cohort study
Geriatric Assessment
IPD-MA
Subclinical infection
Aged, 80 and over
function
oldest old
business.industry
Hazard ratio
Age Factors
Prognosis
mortality
Functional Status
Mental Health
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Meta-analysis
Asymptomatic Diseases
Geriatric Depression Scale
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Thyroid, Thyroid. MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7199ff31015a6a129bb9bed8605299de