Variation in Rates of Autoimmune Thyroid Disease by Race/Ethnicity in US Military Personnel
| Autor: | Donald S. A. McLeod, Patrizio Caturegli, Peter G. Matos, David S. Cooper, Susan Hutfless |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Male endocrine system medicine.medical_specialty endocrine system diseases Graves' disease Ethnic group Black People Hashimoto Disease Young Adult Race (biology) Internal medicine Humans Medicine Young adult Retrospective Studies Asian business.industry Incidence Incidence (epidemiology) Retrospective cohort study General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Graves Disease United States Anti-thyroid autoantibodies Military Personnel Endocrinology Female business Demography |
| Zdroj: | ResearcherID |
| ISSN: | 0098-7484 |
| Popis: | The relationship between Graves disease and race/ethnicity is undefined. Based on thyroid antibody prevalence, the rates of Hashimoto thyroiditis may be highest in whites and lowest in blacks.1,2 Using a large and comprehensive data set of medical diagnoses for all US active duty service personnel, we calculated age-standardized incidence rates for Graves disease and Hashimoto thyroiditis by race/ethnicity. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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