Cardiovascular Risk and Mild Thyroid Hormone Deficiency: Are there some Differences in the Elderly?

Subclinical hypothyroidism (sHT) is a clinical condition defined as serum TSH concentration above the upper limit of the reference range in the face of normal free T4(FT4) and free T3 (FT3) levels.

Subclinical hypothyroidism, the prevalence of which increases with age, especially among women, up to almost 20%, encompasses several pathological entities, mainly represented by chronic autoimmune thyroiditis. sHT is often associated to symptoms that resembles those of overt hypothyroidism, although to a lesser extent thus, the expression ‘mild thyroid impairment’ or ‘mild thyroid hormone deficiency’ would be more appropriate for defining such a condition.  Read more>>>>>>>>>>>>