Family Medicine & Medical Science Research
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ISSN: 2327-4972
+44-77-2385-9429
ISSN: 2327-4972
+44-77-2385-9429
Linda Sandin
Sweden
Research Article
Secular Trends in Thyroid Disease and Self-Perceived Mental Stress Among Swedish Women: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study of the Two Cohorts 1980-1981 and 2004-2005 from the Population Study of Women in Gothenburg, Sweden
Author(s): Linda Sandin, Valter Sundh and Dominique Hange
Linda Sandin, Valter Sundh and Dominique Hange
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of thyroid disease among 38- and 50-year-old Swedish women in 1980-1981 and in 2004-2005. A second aim was to study whether there is any connection between deviant levels of TSH and mental stress or between diagnosed thyroid disease with normalized levels of TSH and mental stress.
Design: Prospective study.
Setting: Göteborg, Sweden, population about 4,30,000.
Subjects: This study is based on material from the Population Study of Women in Gothenburg. The participants are two representative samples of 38- and 50-year-old women who took part in examinations 1980-1981 and 2004-2005.
Main outcome measures: Prevalence of thyroid disease as well associations between mental stress and thyroid disea.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2327-4972.1000176