Symptoms of thyroid dysfunction are difficult to detect in elderly people and TSH is sometimes unreliable. We therefore tested the value of SHBG as a marker of thyroid hormone action on the liver to determine the thyroid status of elderly people. Aging euthyroid men and women have a significant increase in SHBG (p > 0.0001). In aging women the decrease in SHBG with hypothyroidism and increase with hyperthyroidism are highly significant (p < 0.0001 and p < 0.0005 respectively). No significant variation in SHBG was observed in men with thyroid dysfunction. SHBG can help to determine the thyroid status of aging women.
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Univ Parma, Sect Geriatr, Dept Internal Med & Biomed Sci, Sch Endocrinol, I-43100 Parma, ItalyHarbor Hosp, Clin Res Branch, NIA, NIH,NIA AS TRA Unit, Baltimore, MD 21225 USA
Maggio, M.
Lauretani, F.
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Tuscany Reg Hlth Agcy, Florence, ItalyHarbor Hosp, Clin Res Branch, NIA, NIH,NIA AS TRA Unit, Baltimore, MD 21225 USA
Lauretani, F.
Basaria, S.
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Johns Hopkins Univ, Sch Med, Dept Med, Div Endocrinol,Bayview Med Ctr, Baltimore, MD 21205 USAHarbor Hosp, Clin Res Branch, NIA, NIH,NIA AS TRA Unit, Baltimore, MD 21225 USA
Basaria, S.
Ceda, G. P.
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Univ Parma, Sect Geriatr, Dept Internal Med & Biomed Sci, Sch Endocrinol, I-43100 Parma, ItalyHarbor Hosp, Clin Res Branch, NIA, NIH,NIA AS TRA Unit, Baltimore, MD 21225 USA
Ceda, G. P.
Bandinelli, S.
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ASF, Geriatr Rehabil Unit, Florence, ItalyHarbor Hosp, Clin Res Branch, NIA, NIH,NIA AS TRA Unit, Baltimore, MD 21225 USA
Bandinelli, S.
Metter, E. J.
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Metter, E. J.
Bos, A. J.
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Bos, A. J.
Ruggiero, C.
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Ruggiero, C.
Ceresini, G.
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Univ Parma, Sect Geriatr, Dept Internal Med & Biomed Sci, Sch Endocrinol, I-43100 Parma, ItalyHarbor Hosp, Clin Res Branch, NIA, NIH,NIA AS TRA Unit, Baltimore, MD 21225 USA
Ceresini, G.
Paolisso, G.
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Univ Naples Federico II, Dept Geriatr Med & Metab Dis 2, Naples, ItalyHarbor Hosp, Clin Res Branch, NIA, NIH,NIA AS TRA Unit, Baltimore, MD 21225 USA
Paolisso, G.
Artoni, A.
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Univ Parma, Sect Geriatr, Dept Internal Med & Biomed Sci, Sch Endocrinol, I-43100 Parma, ItalyHarbor Hosp, Clin Res Branch, NIA, NIH,NIA AS TRA Unit, Baltimore, MD 21225 USA
Artoni, A.
Valenti, G.
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Univ Parma, Sect Geriatr, Dept Internal Med & Biomed Sci, Sch Endocrinol, I-43100 Parma, ItalyHarbor Hosp, Clin Res Branch, NIA, NIH,NIA AS TRA Unit, Baltimore, MD 21225 USA
Valenti, G.
Guralnik, J. M.
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NIA, Lab Epidemiol Demog & Biometry, Bethesda, MD 20892 USAHarbor Hosp, Clin Res Branch, NIA, NIH,NIA AS TRA Unit, Baltimore, MD 21225 USA
Guralnik, J. M.
Ferrucci, L.
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Harbor Hosp, Clin Res Branch, NIA, NIH,NIA AS TRA Unit, Baltimore, MD 21225 USAHarbor Hosp, Clin Res Branch, NIA, NIH,NIA AS TRA Unit, Baltimore, MD 21225 USA
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Univ Laval, Dept Food Sci & Nutr, Quebec City, PQ G1V 4G2, CanadaUniv Laval, Med Res Ctr, Dept Nutr Endocrinol & Genom, Diabet Res Unit, Quebec City, PQ G1V 4G2, Canada
Robitaille, Julie
Weisnagel, S. John
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Univ Laval, Med Res Ctr, Dept Nutr Endocrinol & Genom, Diabet Res Unit, Quebec City, PQ G1V 4G2, Canada
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Tchernof, Andre
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Univ Laval, Dept Food Sci & Nutr, Quebec City, PQ G1V 4G2, Canada
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