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Association between increased serum thyrotropin concentration and the oldest old: what do we know?

Glaucia Cruzes Duarte, Maysa Seabra Cendoroglo, Lara Miguel Quirino Araújo, Clineu de Mello Almada Filho

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Review in Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Glaucia Cruzes DuarteUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Maysa Seabra CendorogloUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Lara Miguel Quirino AraújoUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Clineu de Mello Almada FilhoUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Universidade Federal de São Paulo · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To assess studies that evaluate the relation between serum thyrotropin concentration, very old subjects, and their events. We searched the PubMed, SciELO, and LILACS databases for articles published between 2004 and 2012. Our search was restricted to studies involving humans aged 65 years or older, and written in English, Spanish, or Portuguese. Studies that evaluated the association between elevated serum thyrotropin concentration among elderly subjects with subclinical hypothyroidism were chosen since at least in part they included a subpopulation of individuals aged 80 years and above. Thirteen studies were selected. No significant increase in risk of cardiovascular events, coronary heart disease, or total mortality was observed. Elevated thyrotropin concentration was associated with longevity. More randomized controlled trials are required to better define the potential benefits of elevated thyrotropin concentration in this oldest old population, hormone replacement, and longevity.

Indexed as

Aged, 80 and overAge FactorsAgingFemaleHumansHypothyroidismLongevityMaleRisk FactorsThyroid GlandThyrotropinThyrotropin

Identifiers

PMID25807244
PMCPMC4946819
OpenAlexW2074242379

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Registered trials

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