Thyroid Function Tests, Reverse T3 and Body Mass Index in Euthyroid Elderly. | ||||
| The Egyptian Journal of Geriatrics and Gerontology | ||||
| Article 9, Volume 11, Issue 1, March 2024, Page 132-140 PDF (549.61 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejgg.2024.271194.1121 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Amira Moustafa Kamal Ismail  1; Samia Ahmed Abdul-Rahman 2; dina elmaleh3
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| 1Geriatrics and Gerontology department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt | ||||
| 2Geriatrics and Gerontology department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University. | ||||
| 3geriatric department,faculty of medecine, ain shams university,cairo egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: With aging, marked changes in thyroid hormone production, metabolism, and action occur. Endocrine abnormalities are common in obesity, including altered thyroid function. Objective: To assess the relation between thyroid hormones, reverse T3 and body mass index. Patients and methods: A cross sectional study including 102 elderly patients (>60 years) was conducted in Ain- Shams University hospitals. Weight, height, body mass index (BMI), thyroid hormones and reverse T3 were measured for all patients. Patients with thyroid dysfunctions were excluded from the study. Results: BMI was not significantly related to reverse T3 or any of the measured thyroid hormone. Plot curves demonstrate a positive correlation between BMI and RT3, indicating that a rise in RT3 corresponds to an increase in body weight. Additionally, they reveal that RT3 decreases with underweight and increases with overweight, but these relationships are not statistically significant. Conclusion: Thyroid function tests and body mass index are not significantly correlated. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| thyroid hormone; body mass index; elderly; reverse T3; metabolism | ||||
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